NECK  頸子領

BODY PART BETWEEN HEAD AND TRUNK.
NAPESCRUFF
Hypernym
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for the neck is lǐng 領.

2. Xiàng 項 was late to become current, and the word comes to refer specifically to the back of the neck.

3. Jǐng 頸 is colloquial and refers to the front part of the neck, but the word can also refer to the neck as a whole.

4. Dòu 脰 is rare and refers to the front of the neck.

黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006

HUMAN BODY 38.

領，脖子，從《左傳》起就不單用，只保留在先秦成語固定組合中。

頸，本指脖子的前部，逐漸替代了 “ 領 ” 指整個脖子。

項，本指脖子的後部，泛指整個脖子。

脰，方言詞，指整個脖子。

脖，本和 “ 胦 ” 連文，指人的肚臍，近代口語中指稱整個頸部。

Modern Chinese Criteria
頸

頭頸

頸項

脖子

脖

領

脖頸兒

脖梗兒

脖頸子

脖梗子

項

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

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Words

領  lǐng OC: ɡ-reŋʔ MC: liɛŋ 15 Attributions

The current general word for the neck is lǐng 領.

    Syntactic words
  • nneck as a whole 引領"stretch one's head"
頸  jǐng OC: keŋʔ MC: kiɛŋ 14 Attributions

Jǐng 頸 is colloquial and refers to the front part of the neck, but the word can also refer to the neck as a whole.

    Word relations
  • Object: 延/STRETCH OUT Yán 延 (ant. tuì 退 "retract" and perhaps shōu 收 "contract") refers to the stretching out of something in one distinct direction.

    Syntactic words
  • nfront of neck, throat; whole of neck
  • n(post-N)the neck of the contextually determinate NLZ
  • n[post-N]one's neckCH
脰  dòu OC: doos MC: du 4 Attributions

Dòu 脰is rare and refers to the front of the neck.

    Syntactic words
  • nZUO Xiang 18: neck; cf. ZZ 197；throat
項  xiàng OC: ɡrooŋʔ MC: ɦɣɔŋ 2 Attributions

Xiàng 項 was late to become current, and the word comes to refer specifically to the back of the neck.

    Syntactic words
  • nback of the neck; neck generally
頸領  jǐng lǐng OC: keŋʔ ɡ-reŋʔ MC: kiɛŋ liɛŋ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPneck and throat
頡  xié OC: ɡiid MC: ɦet 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • viactstraighten the neck

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: