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龍骨

Pronunciation: /lʊŋ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

“龍骨” is a Chinese word. Its 13 meanings in English:

noun

  1. keel (beam along the underside of a ship’s hull)
  2. dragon bones, which are actually fossils (ancient bones used in traditional Chinese medicine)
  3. breastbone (of a bird)
  4. spareribs; pork bones
  5. thin trunk
  6. jujube
  7. water wheel
  8. mainstay
  9. stone embankment
  10. carpus
  11. fine horse
  12. structure used to bear the weight
  13. vertebra
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