骨 gǔ

1. gǔ noun bone
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CMG 'bone'; Guoyu '骨' n 1; Kroll 2015 '骨' 1; Unihan '骨'; XHZD '骨')
2. gǔ noun Kangxi radical 188
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Bone (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '骨' n 5)
3. gǔ noun skeleton
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Unihan '骨')
4. gǔ noun frame; framework
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 架子 (Guoyu '骨' n 2; Unihan '骨')
5. gǔ noun basic character; spirit; mettle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 气概 or 风格 (Guoyu '骨' n 3; Kroll 2015 '骨' 2)
6. gǔ noun structure of an argument or written composition
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '骨' 3)
7. gǔ proper noun Gu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '骨' n 4)

Contained in

• 椎骨 vertebra
• 骨痛热症(骨痛熱症) Dengue fever; breakbone fever
• 骨牌 dominoes
• 锤骨(錘骨) malleus or hammer bone of middle ear
• 骨烬(骨燼) bones and ashes; remains (after Buddhist cremation)
• 刻骨相思 deep-seated lovesickness
• 氟骨症 osteofluorosis; skeletal fluorosis
• 傲骨 a lofty and unyielding character
• 正骨 bone setting; Chinese osteopathy
• 积毁销骨(積毀銷骨) accumulated slander makes one tired to the bone
• 冢中枯骨(塚中枯骨) dried bones in burial mound; dead and buried
• 接骨匠 a bonesetter
• 一骨碌 with a rolling or twisting movement; in a single movement; in one breath
• 丁骨牛排 T-bone steak
• 骨髓 bone marrow (medulla ossea)
• 反骨 (physiognomy) protruding bone at the back of the head, regarded as a sign of a renegade nature
• 肋骨 rib
• 骨鲠之臣(骨鯁之臣) fish bone of a minister; person one can rely on for candid criticism
• 骨力 strength; vigorous (calligraphy)
• 骨胶原(骨膠原) collagen (protein)
• 佛骨塔 stupa
• 骨碌 to roll rapidly; to spin; Taw pr.
• 脸颊骨(臉頰骨) cheek bone
• 听小骨(聽小骨) ossicles (of the middle ear)
• 骨瘤 osteoma (benign tumor composed of bone-like material)
• 骨灰龛(骨灰龕) columbarium
• 颧骨(顴骨) cheek bones; zygomatic bone
• 稀松骨质(稀鬆骨質) cancellous bone; trabecular bone; spongy bone
• 顶骨(頂骨) parietal bone (top of the scull)
• 骨灰盒 box for bone ashes; funerary casket
• 骨骸 bones; skeleton
• 刺骨 piercing; cutting; bone-chilling; penetrating (cold)
• 骨头节儿(骨頭節兒) joint (of the skeleton)
• 鸡蛋里挑骨头(雞蛋裡挑骨頭) to look for bones in an egg; to find fault; to nitpick
• 镌心铭骨(鐫心銘骨) etched in one's bones and heart; ever-present memory (especially resentment)
• 骨膜 periosteum (membrane covering bone)
• 扁骨 flat bone
• 骨髓移植 bone marrow transplant
• 骨格 bearing; manner; appearance ; structure and form
• 戳脊梁骨 to criticize behind somebody's back; back-biting
• 骨病 osteopathy
• 吃人不吐骨头(吃人不吐骨頭) ruthless; vicious and greedy
• 脊骨神经医学(脊骨神經醫學) chiropractic
• 骨折 to suffer a fracture; (of a bone) to break; fracture
• 鱼骨(魚骨) fish bone
• 背骨 spine
• 细胞骨架(細胞骨架) cytoskeleton (of a cell)
• 外骨骼 exoskeleton (the carapace of insects, crabs etc)
• 筋骨 muscles and bones ; strength; courage
• 刻骨 ingrained; entrenched; deep-rooted

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白骨精

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 《骨部》 Gǔ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 38
• 卷八十九 南匈奴列傳 Volume 89: Treatise on the Southern Xiongnu Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 26
• 第九十回 Chapter 90 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 23
• 卷一百九十四上 列傳第一百四十四上: 突厥上 Volume 194 Biographies 144: Tujie 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 17
• 卷二百一十七下 列傳第一百四十二下 回鶻下 Volume 217b Biographies 142b: Huihu 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 16
• 卷二百一十七上 列傳第一百四十二上 回鶻上 Volume 217a Biographies 142a: Huihu 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 16
• 卷二 　本紀第二:　太祖下 Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizu 2 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 16
• 卷四百九十二 列傳第二百五十一 外國八 吐蕃唃廝囉 董氊 阿里骨 瞎征 趙思忠 Volume 492 Biographies 251: Foreign States 8 - Gusiluo of Tubo, Dongzhan, Aligu, Xiazheng, Zhao Sizhong History of Song 宋史 — count: 14
• 卷二百一十五上 列傳第一百四十上 突厥上 Volume 215a Biographies 140a: Tujie 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 14
• 卷一百九十五 列傳第一百四十五: 迴紇 Volume 195 Biographies 145: Huihu Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 13

Collocations

• 暴骨 (暴骨) 今我使二國暴骨 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 17
• 朽骨 (朽骨) 足以朽骨 — Mozi 墨子, 卷六 節葬下 Book 6 - Simplicity in Funerals III — count: 12
• 二骨 (二骨) 正脊二骨 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 特牲馈食礼 第十五 15. Rites of the single victim food offering — count: 9
• 枯骨 (枯骨) 春不收枯骨朽脊 — Guanzi 管子, 度地第五十七 Chapter 57: Crossing Land — count: 8
• 左右骨 (左右骨) 左右骨都侯 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《匈奴列傳》 Treatise on the Xiongnu — count: 4
• 牛骨 (牛骨) 用牛骨鐕 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites — count: 3
• 属骨 (屬骨) 今夫地黃主屬骨 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 3
• 归骨 (歸骨) 纍臣得歸骨於晉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
• 右骨 (右骨) 單于果遣右骨都侯當白將率曰 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十四下 匈奴傳 Volume 94b: Traditions of the Xiongnu 2 — count: 3
• 炊骨 (炊骨) 炊骨易子而食之 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷六 復恩 Chapter 6: Repaying Kindness — count: 3