瓶颈 meaning in English

píngjǐng

neck of a bottle; (fig.) bottleneck

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 瓶頸21 strokes

Meaning of 瓶颈

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

píngjǐng
  1. neck of a bottle
  2. (fig.) bottleneck
  3. problem that impedes progress

Stroke order for each character

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瓶 píng · bottle · 10 strokes

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颈 jǐng · neck · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 瓶颈.

瓶子píngzibottle
花瓶huāpíngflower vase; (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but no
颈部jǐngbùneck
长颈鹿chángjǐnglùgiraffe
守口如瓶shǒukǒurúpínglit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped; reticent
奶瓶nǎipíngbaby's feeding bottle
颈动脉jǐngdòngmàicarotid artery (medicine)
开瓶器kāipíngqìbottle opener
药瓶yàopíngmedicine bottle
瓶装píngzhuāngbottled

Questions about 瓶颈

What does 瓶颈 mean?

瓶颈 (píngjǐng) means "neck of a bottle; (fig.) bottleneck" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 瓶颈?

瓶颈 is made of 2 characters: 瓶 (10 strokes), 颈 (11 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 瓶颈 an HSK word?

Yes. 瓶颈 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 瓶颈 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 瓶颈 is written 瓶頸.