"Spine" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 骨力 | gǔ lì | (Chinese calligraphy) vigor of brushstrokes / fortitude / toughness / spine |   |
| 脊 |  jǐ | (bound form) spine / backbone / (bound form) ridge | |
| 背骨 | bèi gǔ | spine | |
| 脊梁 | jǐ liáng | backbone / spine / Taiwan pr. [ji3 liang5] | |
| 书脊 | shū jǐ | spine of a book | |
| 尻骨 | kāo gǔ | coccyx / tailbone at end of spine | |
| 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) | |
| 倒吸一口凉气 | dào xī yī kǒu liáng qì | to gasp (with amazement or shock etc) / to feel a chill run down one's spine / to have one's hairs stand on end | |
