| 骨子里 | [ gǔ zi lǐ ] beneath the surface, fundamentally, at the deepest level |
| 骨干 | [ gǔ gàn ] diaphysis (long segment of a bone), fig. backbone |
| 骨干网路 | [ gǔ gàn wǎng lù ] backbone network |
| 骨气 | [ gǔ qì ] unyielding character, courageous spirit, integrity, moral backbone |
| 骨灰龛 | [ gǔ huī kān ] columbarium |
| 骨烬 | [ gǔ jìn ] bones and ashes, remains (after Buddhist cremation) |
| 骨牌效应 | [ gǔ paí yìng ] domino effect, ripple effect |
| 骨痛热症 | [ gǔ tòng rè zhèng ] Dengue fever, breakbone fever |
| 骨盘 | [ gǔ pán ] pelvis (Tw) |
| 骨节 | [ gǔ jié ] joint (of the skeleton) |
| 骨坛 | [ gǔ tán ] urn |
| 骨肉相残 | [ gǔ roù xiāng cán ] close kindred slaughter one another (idiom); internecine strife |
| 骨肉相连 | [ gǔ roù xiāng lián ] lit. interrelated as bones and flesh (idiom); inseparably related, closely intertwined |
| 骨胶原 | [ gǔ yuán ] collagen (protein) |
| 骨质疏松 | [ gǔ zhì shū sōng ] osteoporosis |
| 骨质疏松症 | [ gǔ zhì shū sōng zhèng ] osteoporosis |
| 骨针 | [ gǔ zhēn ] spicule (in biology), bone needle (in archaeology) |
| 骨关节炎 | [ gǔ guān jié yán ] osteoarthritis |
| 骨顶鸡 | [ gǔ dǐng jī ] (bird species of China) Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) |
| 骨头 | [ gǔ tou ] bone, CL:根[gen1],塊|块[kuai4], moral character, bitterness, Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5] |
| 骨头架子 | [ gǔ tou jià zi ] skeleton, skinny person, a mere skeleton |
| 骨头节儿 | [ gǔ tou jié ] joint (of the skeleton) |
| 骨髓增生异常综合征 | [ gǔ suǐ zēng shēng yì cháng zōng hé zhēng ] myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) |
| 骨鲠 | [ gǔ gěng ] fish bone, bone stuck in the throat, sth one feels obliged to speak out about, candid speaker |
| 骨鲠之臣 | [ gǔ gěng zhī chén ] lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom); fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism |
| 骨鲠在喉 | [ gǔ gěng zaì hoú ] fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom); fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly, sth on one's mind |
| ⇒ 上颌骨 | [ shàng hé gǔ ] maxilla (upper jaw) |
| ⇒ 下颌骨 | [ xià hé gǔ ] lower jaw, mandible |
| ⇒ 下颔骨 | [ xià hàn gǔ ] lower jawbone, mandible |
| ⇒ 伤筋动骨 | [ shāng jīn dòng gǔ ] to suffer serious injury (idiom) |
| ⇒ 伤筋断骨 | [ shāng jīn duàn gǔ ] to suffer serious injury (idiom) |
| ⇒ 刻骨铭心 | [ kè gǔ míng xīn ] lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom), fig. etched in one's memory, unforgettable |
| ⇒ 吃人不吐骨头 | [ chī rén bù tǔ gǔ toú ] ruthless, vicious and greedy |
| ⇒ 坐骨神经 | [ zuò gǔ shén jīng ] sciatic nerve |
| ⇒ 坐骨神经痛 | [ zuò gǔ shén jīng tòng ] sciatica |
| ⇒ 冢中枯骨 | [ zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ ] dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried |
| ⇒ 多发性骨髓瘤 | [ duō fā xìng gǔ suǐ liú ] multiple myeloma (medicine) |
| ⇒ 多米诺骨牌 | [ duō mǐ nuò gǔ paí ] dominoes |
| ⇒ 寒风刺骨 | [ hán fēng cì gǔ ] bone chilling wind (idiom) |
| ⇒ 小儿软骨病 | [ ér ruǎn gǔ bìng ] rickets (medicine) |
| ⇒ 尾闾骨 | [ weǐ lǘ gǔ ] coccyx |
| ⇒ 尸骨 | [ shī gǔ ] skeleton of the dead |
| ⇒ 彻骨 | [ chè gǔ ] to the bone, to the marrow, fig. to a very large degree |
| ⇒ 耻骨 | [ chǐ gǔ ] pubis, pubic bone |
| ⇒ 懒骨头 | [ lǎn gǔ tou ] lazybones, beanbag |
| ⇒ 捡骨 | [ jiǎn gǔ ] 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 |
| ⇒ 柔情侠骨 | [ roú qíng xiá gǔ ] gentle feelings and chivalrous disposition (idiom) |
| ⇒ 桡骨 | [ raó gǔ ] radius (anatomy), bone of the forearm |
| ⇒ 横骨 | [ héng gǔ ] pubic bone |
| ⇒ 乌骨鸡 | [ wū gǔ jī ] black-boned chicken, silky fowl, silkie, Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson |
| ⇒ 白骨顶 | [ baí gǔ dǐng ] coot |
| ⇒ 皮包骨头 | [ pí baō gǔ toú ] to be all skin and bones (idiom), also written 皮包骨[pi2 bao1 gu3] |
| ⇒ 硬骨头 | [ yìng gǔ tou ] resolute individual, a hard nut to crack, tough mission, difficult task |
| ⇒ 硬骨鱼 | [ yìng gǔ yú ] bony fishes, Osteichthyes (taxonomic class including most fish) |
| ⇒ 稀松骨质 | [ xī sōng gǔ zhì ] cancellous bone, trabecular bone, spongy bone |
| ⇒ 节骨眼 | [ jiē gu yǎn ] (dialect) critical juncture, crucial moment, Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3] |
| ⇒ 节骨眼儿 | [ jiē gu yǎn ] erhua variant of 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3] |
| ⇒ 筛骨 | [ shaī gǔ ] ethmoid bone (cheek) |
| ⇒ 粘皮带骨 | [ nián pí daì gǔ ] (old) (idiom) muddled, indecisive, plodding |
| ⇒ 红骨髓 | [ hóng gǔ suǐ ] red bone marrow (myeloid tissue) |
| ⇒ 纳骨塔 | [ nà gǔ tǎ ] columbarium |
| ⇒ 细胞骨架 | [ xì baō gǔ jià ] cytoskeleton (of a cell) |
| ⇒ 老戏骨 | [ laǒ xì gǔ ] (dialect) veteran actor, old trouper |
| ⇒ 老骨头 | [ laǒ gǔ tou ] weary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently) |
| ⇒ 听小骨 | [ tīng gǔ ] 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 |
| ⇒ 听骨 | [ tīng gǔ ] ossicles (in the middle ear), also written 聽小骨|听小骨 |
| ⇒ 听骨链 | [ tīng gǔ liàn ] chain of ossicles (in the middle ear) |
| ⇒ 脊骨神经医学 | [ jǐ gǔ shén jīng yī xué ] chiropractic |
| ⇒ 胫骨 | [ jìng gǔ ] tibia |
| ⇒ 脱胎换骨 | [ tuō taī huàn gǔ ] to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist, to turn over a new leaf, fig. to change wholly, to create from other material (story, artwork etc) |
| ⇒ 脱骨换胎 | [ tuō gǔ huàn taī ] to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist, to turn over a new leaf, fig. to change wholly |
| ⇒ 膝盖骨 | [ xī gaì gǔ ] kneecap |
| ⇒ 荐骨 | [ jiàn gǔ ] sacrum (bone at the base of the spine) |
| ⇒ 亲生骨肉 | [ qīn shēng gǔ roù ] one's own flesh and blood |
| ⇒ 贱骨头 | [ jiàn gǔ tou ] miserable wretch, contemptible individual |
| ⇒ 软骨 | [ ruǎn gǔ ] cartilage |
| ⇒ 软骨病 | [ ruǎn gǔ bìng ] chondropathy (medicine) |
| ⇒ 软骨头 | [ ruǎn gǔ tou ] weak, cowardly person, spineless individual |
| ⇒ 软骨鱼 | [ ruǎn gǔ yú ] cartilaginous fish (such as sharks) |
| ⇒ 软骨鱼类 | [ ruǎn gǔ yú leì ] cartilaginous fishes, Chondrichthyes (taxonomic class including sharks and rays) |
| ⇒ 连骨肉 | [ lián gǔ roù ] chop, rib meat |
| ⇒ 遗骨 | [ yí gǔ ] (dead) human remains |
| ⇒ 铭心刻骨 | [ míng xīn kè gǔ ] engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives, undying gratitude |
| ⇒ 铭心镂骨 | [ míng xīn loù gǔ ] engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives, undying gratitude |
| ⇒ 钢骨水泥 | [ gāng gǔ shuǐ ní ] reinforced concrete |
| ⇒ 锤骨 | [ chuí gǔ ] malleus or hammer bone of middle ear |
| ⇒ 锤骨柄 | [ chuí gǔ bǐng ] manubrium of malleus (handle of hammer bone), connecting ossicles 聽小骨|听小骨 to tympanum 鼓膜 |
| ⇒ 锁骨 | [ suǒ gǔ ] collarbone, clavicle |
| ⇒ 镫骨 | [ dèng gǔ ] stapes or stirrup bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration to the inner ear |
| ⇒ 镌心铭骨 | [ juān xīn míng gǔ ] etched in one's bones and heart (idiom); ever-present memory (esp. resentment) |
| ⇒ 镌骨铭心 | [ juān gǔ míng xīn ] etched in one's bones and heart (idiom); ever-present memory (esp. resentment) |
| ⇒ 阿史那骨咄禄 | [ ā shǐ nà gǔ duō lù ] Ashina Qutlugh, personal name of 頡跌利施可汗|颉跌利施可汗[Jie2 die1 li4 shi1 Ke4 han2] |
| ⇒ 鸡蛋里挑骨头 | [ jī dàn li gǔ tou ] to look for bones in an egg, to find fault, to nitpick (idiom) |
| ⇒ 灵骨塔 | [ líng gǔ tǎ ] columbarium |
| ⇒ 顶骨 | [ dǐng gǔ ] parietal bone (top of the scull) |
| ⇒ 头盖骨 | [ toú gaì gǔ ] skull, cranium |
| ⇒ 头骨 | [ toú gǔ ] skull |
| ⇒ 额骨 | [ é gǔ ] frontal bone (forehead) |
| ⇒ 颅骨 | [ lú gǔ ] skull (of a dead body) |
| ⇒ 颞骨 | [ niè gǔ ] temporal bone, os temporale |
| ⇒ 颧骨 | [ quán gǔ ] zygomatic bone (cheek bone) |
| ⇒ 风骨 | [ fēng gǔ ] strength of character, vigorous style (of calligraphy) |
| ⇒ 骺软骨板 | [ hoú ruǎn gǔ bǎn ] epiphyseal plate, growth plate (bone) |
| ⇒ 髌骨 | [ bìn gǔ ] kneecap, patella |
| ⇒ 髋骨 | [ kuān gǔ ] hip bone |
| ⇒ 鱼骨 | [ yú gǔ ] fish bone |
| ⇒ 黄骨髓 | [ huáng gǔ suǐ ] yellow or fatty bone marrow |
| ⇒ 黑骨胧东 | [ heī gu lōng dōng ] variant of 黑咕隆咚[hei1 gu5 long1 dong1] |
| ⇒ 龙骨 | [ lóng gǔ ] keel, dragon bones (ancient bones used in TCM) |
| ⇒ 龙骨车 | [ lóng gǔ chē ] water wheel |
