脊
jǐ
Pinyin

Definition

脊
 - 
jǐ
  1. spine
  2. back
  3. ridge
  4. Taiwan pr. [jí] or [jǐ]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (5)

瘠
jí
  1. 1 barren
  2. 2 lean
嵴
jí
  1. 1 ridge
  2. 2 crest
  3. 3 apex
鹡
jí
  1. 1 pied wagtail
蹐
jí
  1. 1 walk with short steps
鹡
jí
  1. 1 pied wagtail

Related Words (20)

脊柱
jǐ zhù
  1. 1 spinal column
  2. 2 columna vertebralis
脊梁
jǐ liáng
  1. 1 backbone
  2. 2 spine
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [jǐ liang]
脊椎
jǐ zhuī
  1. 1 vertebra
  2. 2 backbone
屋脊
wū jǐ
  1. 1 roof ridge
山脊
shān jǐ
  1. 1 mountain ridge

Idioms (1)

蹿房越脊
cuān fáng yuè jǐ
  1. 1 lit. to leap the house and cross the roofridge (idiom); dashing over rooftops (of robbers and pursuing knight-errant 俠客|侠客 in fiction)

Sample Sentences

尽量地向上自然挺拔脊柱，可以让我们的呼吸更加平稳、顺畅。
jǐnliàngde xiàngshàng zìrán tǐngbá jǐzhù ，kěyǐ ràng wǒmen de hūxī gèngjiā píngwěn 、shùnchàng 。
Try your best to naturally straighten your spine. It allows us to breath more steadily and fluently.
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要挺直腰背，延伸脊柱啊，感觉有点儿累呢？
yào tǐngzhí yāo bèi ，yánshēn jǐzhù ā ，gǎnjué yǒudiǎnr lèi ne ？
Straighted the back and extend the spine, it feels quite tiring no?
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关注吸气时腹部向外的涨起推出，呼气尽量将肚脐贴向脊柱的方向，使我们肺内沉积而污浊的气体向外地呼出。此时我们像是一朵晨间悄悄开放的莲花，没有尘世的污染，只有自身的洁白。
guānzhù xīqì shí fùbù xiàngwài de zhǎngqǐ tuīchū ，hūqì jǐnliàng jiāng dùqí tiē xiàng jǐzhù de fāngxiàng ，shǐ wǒmen fèi nèi chénjī ér wūzhuó de qìtǐ xiàngwài de hū chū 。cǐshí wǒmen xiàng shì yī duǒ chén jiān qiāoqiāo kāifàng de liánhuā ，méiyǒu chénshì de wūrǎn ，zhǐyǒu zìshēn de jiébái 。
Notice that when you are inhaling, your abdomen rises and pushes outwards. Try your best to press your belly button to your spine when you are exhaling. This allows the impure air that has built up to exit our lungs. Right now, we are like a lotus flowers gently blossoming in at dawn. We are untouched by the pollution of this world. All we have is our own purity.
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轻轻地闭上双眼，随着这美妙的旋律，逐渐放慢我们呼吸的节奏，放松我们的面部表情，舒展眉心，嘴角微微上翘，放松双肩、放松双臂，让脊柱向上无限延伸。
qīngqīngde bìshàng shuāngyǎn ，suízhe zhè měimiào de xuánlǜ ，zhújiàn fàngmàn wǒmen hūxī de jiézòu ，fàngsōng wǒmen de miànbù biǎoqíng ，shūzhǎn méixīn ，zuǐjiǎo wēiwēi shàng qiào ，fàngsōng shuāng jiān 、fàngsōng shuāng bì ，ràng jǐzhù xiàngshàng wúxiàn yánshēn 。
Gently close your eyes. Slow your breathing to the gentle pace of the music. Relax your facial expressions and release the tension between your brows. Smile gently, relax your shoulder and your arms. Extend your spine to the sky.
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请大家再次吸气，左腿向后伸直，右腿膝盖弯曲，伸展脊柱，往前看。
qǐng dàjiā zàicì xīqì ，zuǒtuǐ xiàng hòu shēnzhí ，yòutuǐ xīgài wānqū ，shēnzhǎn jǐzhù ，wǎng qián kàn 。
Now, everyone inhale once more. Extend your left leg backwards, bend your right knee, extend your spine and look forwards.
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