脖 子 bó zi neck / CL:個|个[ge4] 颈 部 jǐng bù neck 衣 领 yī lǐng collar / neck 颈 项 jǐng xiàng neck 颈 子 jǐng zi neck 头 颈 tóu jǐng (dialect) neck 喉 部 hóu bù neck / throat 领 neck / collar / to lead / to receive / classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc 颈 neck 脖 neck 脰 neck / throat 项 上 人 头 xiàng shàng rén tóu head / neck (as in "to save one's neck", i.e. one's life) 引 领 yǐn lǐng to crane one's neck / to await eagerly / to lead / to show the way 瓶 颈 píng jǐng neck of a bottle / (fig.) bottleneck / problem that impedes progress 盯 住 dīng zhù to watch sb closely / to breathe down sb's neck / to mark (sports) 宫 颈 gōng jǐng cervix / neck of the uterus 颈 椎 jǐng zhuī cervical vertebra / the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck of humans and most mammals 埋 头 苦 干 mái tóu kǔ gàn to bury oneself in work (idiom) / to be engrossed in work / to make an all-out effort / up to the neck in work 并 驾 齐 驱 bìng jià qí qū to run neck and neck / to keep pace with / to keep abreast of / on a par with one another 子 宫 颈 zǐ gōng jǐng cervix / neck of the uterus 贪 生 怕 死 tān shēng pà sǐ greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom) / craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck 相 each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3]) 五 花 大 绑 wǔ huā dà bǎng to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up 三 弦 sān xián sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra 落 枕 lào zhěn to have a stiff neck after sleeping / (of the head) to touch the pillow 项 back of neck / item / thing / term (in a mathematical formula) / sum (of money) / classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc 解 铃 还 须 系 铃 人 jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom) / fig. whoever started the trouble should end it 翁 elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old) 罃 earthen jar with long neck 翘 足 引 领 qiáo zú yǐn lǐng waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck (idiom) / to look forward eagerly / to long for / also pr. [qiao4 zu2 yin3 ling3] 连 镳 并 轸 lián biāo bìng zhěn lit. reins together and carriages level (idiom) / keeping exactly abreast of one another / running neck and neck 圆 领 yuán lǐng crew neck / round neck (of pull-over garment, e.g. T-shirt) 讨 嫌 tǎo xián disagreeable / hateful / a pain in the neck 脖 颈 儿 bó gěng r back of the neck / nape 甇 earthen jar with long neck 喉 轮 hóu lún viśuddha or visuddha, the throat chakra 查克拉, residing in the neck 失 枕 shī zhěn a crick in the neck / stiff neck 延 颈 企 踵 yán jǐng qǐ zhǒng to stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom) / fig. to yearn for sth 引 颈 就 戮 yǐn jǐng jiù lù to extend one's neck in preparation for execution (idiom) 惹 人 心 烦 rě rén xīn fán to annoy people / to be a pain in the neck 曲 颈 瓶 qū jǐng píng retort / bottle with curved neck 滚 刀 肉 gǔn dāo ròu annoying person / troublemaker / pain in the neck 项 颈 xiàng jǐng back of neck 头 兜 tóu dōu helmet / chain mail hung from head to protect neck 鳃 弓 sāi gōng visceral arch (gill-bearing arch or its vestigial crease on sides of neck of vertebrates) 引 颈 yǐn jǐng to crane one's neck / (fig.) with one's neck outstretched in expectation 捏 脊 niē jǐ form of therapeutic massage, mainly for children, in which a roll of skin is squeezed, working from the base of the spine to the neck (TCM) 揪 痧 jiū shā folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation 虾 男 xiā nán (slang) a guy who is like a prawn: yummy body, but not so appealing above the neck
lǐng