Usage of the character 骨

bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location

yúgǔ

鱼骨

[魚骨]

fish bone

gǔcì

骨刺

[骨刺]

spur
bony outgrowth

ruǎngǔ

软骨

[軟骨]

cartilage

zuògǔ

坐骨

[坐骨]

ischium

hénggǔ

横骨

[橫骨]

pubic bone

shīgǔ

尸骨

[屍骨]

skeleton of the dead

zhènggǔ

正骨

[正骨]

bonesetting
Chinese osteopathy

fēnggǔ

风骨

[風骨]

strength of character
vigorous style (of calligraphy)

bǔgǔ

卜骨

[卜骨]

oracle bone

biāngǔ

砭骨

[砭骨]

to be extremely cold or painful

gǔqì

骨器

[骨器]

bone tool (archaeology)

gǔliào

骨料

[骨料]

aggregate (sand or gravel used in concrete 混凝土)

gǔdǒng

骨董

[骨董]

variant of 古董 (gǔdǒng)

jiāogǔ

交骨

[交骨]

pubic bone

gǔbìng

骨病

[骨病]

osteopathy

chuígǔ

锤骨

[錘骨]

malleus or hammer bone of middle ear

gǔtou

骨头

[骨頭]

bone
CL:根 (gēn),塊／块 (kuài)
moral character
bitterness
Taiwan pr. (gútou)

gǔjié

骨节

[骨節]

joint (of the skeleton)

dǐgǔ

骶骨

[骶骨]

(anatomy) sacrum

gǔpén

骨盆

[骨盆]

pelvis

gǔshi

骨殖

[骨殖]

skeletal remains
Taiwan pr. (gǔzhí)

báigǔ

白骨

[白骨]

bones of the dead

páigǔ

排骨

[排骨]

pork chop
pork cutlet
spare ribs
(coll.) skinny person

gǔzhé

骨折

[骨折]

to suffer a fracture
(of a bone) to break
fracture

bígǔ

鼻骨

[鼻骨]

nasal bone

jiǎgǔ

甲骨

[甲骨]

tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC); oracle bones

suǒgǔ

锁骨

[鎖骨]

collarbone
clavicle

tóugǔ

头骨

[頭骨]

skull

gǔtàn

骨炭

[骨炭]

bone black
animal charcoal

gǔlì

骨力

[骨力]

(Chinese calligraphy) vigor of brushstrokes
fortitude; toughness; spine

gǔqì

骨气

[骨氣]

unyielding character
courageous spirit
integrity
moral backbone

dǐnggǔ

顶骨

[頂骨]

parietal bone (top of the scull)

cìgǔ

刺骨

[刺骨]

piercing
cutting
bone-chilling
penetrating (cold)

gǔsuǐ

骨髓

[骨髓]

bone marrow

zhuīgǔ

椎骨

[椎骨]

vertebra

dènggǔ

镫骨

[鐙骨]

stapes or stirrup bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration to the inner ear

gǔgǎn

骨感

[骨感]

bony; skinny

gōnggǔ

肱骨

[肱骨]

humerus

quángǔ

颧骨

[顴骨]

zygomatic bone (cheek bone)

zhēngǔ

砧骨

[砧骨]

incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone to stapes stirrup bone

gǔliè

骨裂

[骨裂]

bone fracture
(of a bone) to fracture

qiàgǔ

髂骨

[髂骨]

ilium (the large flat bone of the pelvic girdle)

biǎngǔ

扁骨

[扁骨]

flat bone

chègǔ

彻骨

[徹骨]

to the bone
to the marrow
fig. to a very large degree

chénggǔ

成骨

[成骨]

bone formation
osteogenesis

kègǔ

刻骨

[刻骨]

ingrained
entrenched
deep-rooted

gūlu

骨碌

[骨碌]

to roll rapidly; to spin
Taiwan pr. (gulú)

tīnggǔ

听骨

[聽骨]

ossicles (in the middle ear)
also written 聽小骨／听小骨

àogǔ

傲骨

[傲骨]

lofty and unyielding character

gǔlì

骨立

[骨立]

(literary) emaciated; bony

sternum
breastbone

yígǔ

遗骨

[遺骨]

(dead) human remains

kuàgǔ

胯骨

[胯骨]

hip bone

gǔcí

骨瓷

[骨瓷]

bone china (fine white porcelain made from a mixture of clay and bone ash)

kāogǔ

尻骨

[尻骨]

coccyx
tailbone at end of spine

lúgǔ

颅骨

[顱骨]

skull (of a dead body)

gǔpiàn

骨片

[骨片]

spicule

gǔliú

骨瘤

[骨瘤]

osteoma (benign tumor composed of bone-like material)

bìngǔ

髌骨

[髕骨]

kneecap
patella

huáigǔ

踝骨

[踝骨]

ankle bone
ankle

gǔmó

骨膜

[骨膜]

periosteum (membrane covering bone)

jiàngǔ

荐骨

[薦骨]

(anatomy) sacrum

lùgǔ

露骨

[露骨]

blatant
unsubtle
frank
(of sex, violence etc) explicit

Ménggǔ

朦骨

[朦骨]

(archaic) Mongol

diégǔ

蝶骨

[蝶骨]

sphenoid bone (front of the temple)

gǔhuī

骨灰

[骨灰]

bone ash
cremation ashes; cremains

gǔfěn

骨粉

[骨粉]

bone meal

gǔduǒ

骨朵

[骨朵]

club (ancient stick-like weapon with a melon-shaped enlargement at the tip)
(flower) bud

kuāngǔ

髋骨

[髖骨]

hip bone

lónggǔ

龙骨

[龍骨]

"dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM)
breastbone (of a bird)
keel (of a ship)

gǔròu

骨肉

[骨肉]

blood relation
kin
one's flesh and blood

gǔpái

骨牌

[骨牌]

dominoes

gǔhái

骨骸

[骨骸]

bones
skeleton

gǔkē

骨科

[骨科]

orthopedics
orthopedic surgery

wěigǔ

尾骨

[尾骨]

coccyx
tailbone

gǒugǔ

枸骨

[枸骨]

Chinese holly (Ilex cornuta)

shāigǔ

筛骨

[篩骨]

ethmoid bone (cheek)

lígǔ

犁骨

[犁骨]

vomer bone (in the nose, dividing the nostrils)

lǎngǔtou

懒骨头

[懶骨頭]

lazybones
beanbag

Yìnggǔyú

硬骨鱼

[硬骨魚]

bony fishes
Osteichthyes (taxonomic class including most fish)

lónggǔbàn

龙骨瓣

[龍骨瓣]

(botany) carina; keel (of a papilionaceous flower)

ruǎngǔyú

软骨鱼

[軟骨魚]

cartilaginous fish (such as sharks)

wūgǔjī

乌骨鸡

[烏骨雞]

black-boned chicken
silky fowl
silkie
Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson

jiēgǔmù

接骨木

[接骨木]

elder or elderberry (genus Sambucus)

yìnggǔtou

硬骨头

[硬骨頭]

resolute individual
a hard nut to crack
tough mission
difficult task

lǎogǔtou

老骨头

[老骨頭]

weary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently)

huánggǔsuǐ

黄骨髓

[黃骨髓]

yellow bone marrow

Báigǔjīng

白骨精

[白骨精]

White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記／西游记 ( Xīyóu Jì))
(fig.) sly and cunning person

shēnzigǔ

身子骨

[身子骨]

posture
upright posture

nàgǔtǎ

纳骨塔

[納骨塔]

columbarium

tóugàigǔ

头盖骨

[頭蓋骨]

skull
cranium

lónggǔchē

龙骨车

[龍骨車]

water wheel

wàigǔgé

外骨骼

[外骨骼]

exoskeleton (the carapace of insects, crabs etc)

hónggǔsuǐ

红骨髓

[紅骨髓]

red bone marrow; hematopoietic marrow

gǔjiāoyuán

骨胶原

[骨膠原]

collagen (protein)

fúgǔbìng

氟骨病

[氟骨病]

see 氟骨症 (fúgǔzhèng)

línggǔtǎ

灵骨塔

[靈骨塔]

columbarium

páigǔjīng

排骨精

[排骨精]

(jocular) anorexic girl; a bag of bones

gǔhuīkān

骨灰龛

[骨灰龕]

columbarium

gǔhuīhé

骨灰盒

[骨灰盒]

box for bone ashes
funerary casket

báigǔdǐng

白骨顶

[白骨頂]

coot

tīnggǔliàn

听骨链

[聽骨鏈]

chain of ossicles (in the middle ear)

jiēguyǎn

节骨眼

[節骨眼]

(dialect) critical juncture
crucial moment
Taiwan pr. (jiéguyǎn)

gǔféihòu

骨肥厚

[骨肥厚]

hyperostosis (abnormal thickening of bone)

jǐzhuīgǔ

脊椎骨

[脊椎骨]

vertebra

shànghégǔ

上颌骨

[上頜骨]

maxilla (upper jaw)

gǔzilǐ

骨子里

[骨子裡]

beneath the surface; fundamentally; at the deepest level

ròugǔchá

肉骨茶

[肉骨茶]

bak-kut-teh or pork ribs soup, popular in Malaysia and Singapore

gǔsuǐqiāng

骨髓腔

[骨髓腔]

(anatomy) medullary cavity; marrow cavity of a bone

bíjiǎgǔ

鼻甲骨

[鼻甲骨]

turbinate
nasal concha

yíngfógǔ

迎佛骨

[迎佛骨]

to ceremonially receive a bone relic of the Buddha

fógǔtǎ

佛骨塔

[佛骨塔]

stupa (Buddhist shrine)

chuígǔbǐng

锤骨柄

[錘骨柄]

manubrium of malleus (handle of hammer bone), connecting ossicles 聽小骨／听小骨 to tympanum 鼓膜

jiānjiǎgǔ

肩胛骨

[肩胛骨]

scapula
shoulder blade

xīgàigǔ

膝盖骨

[膝蓋骨]

kneecap

gūlùlù

骨碌碌

[骨碌碌]

(onom.) rolling around; spinning
also pr. (gūlūlū)
Taiwan pr. (gúlùlu)

gǔdǐngjī

骨顶鸡

[骨頂雞]

(bird species of China) Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)

yīgūlu

一骨碌

[一骨碌]

with a rolling or twisting movement
in a single movement; in one breath

ruǎngǔbìng

软骨病

[軟骨病]

chondropathy (medicine)

tīngxiǎogǔ

听小骨

[聽小骨]

ossicles (of the middle ear)
three ossicles, acting as levers to amplify sound, namely: stapes or stirrup bone 鐙骨／镫骨, incus or anvil bone 砧骨, malleus or hammer bone 錘骨／锤骨

xiàhégǔ

下颌骨

[下頜骨]