gaak3骼
Jyutpinggaak3
Yalegaak
Definition
Skeleton; bones of a human or animal body.
colloquialbody
How it's used
Refers specifically to the bony structure or frame of a body rather than the entire anatomical system. It is almost exclusively used in the compound form 骨骼 in formal contexts, but 骼 on its own appears in descriptive, often slightly hyperbolic, comparisons about someone being extremely thin.
Measure word
fu3副fuRelated words
Common phrases
skeleton
Common mistake
Do not use this word to refer to a skull, which is 骷髏頭. It is also rarely used in isolation outside of the specific descriptive phrase 瘦到成副骼.
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