枕骨

zhěngǔ
noun #32,407

Meanings

  1. 1 occipital bone
  2. 2 the back-of-skull bone (where the head meets a pillow)

Examples

HSK 5
Zhěngǔ wèiyú tóugǔ de hòu xiàfāng.
The occipital bone is located at the lower back of the skull.
HSK 7-9
Tā hòunǎo de zhěngǔ shòu le shāng.
The occipital bone at the back of his head was injured.

Tips

memory
Brilliant naming logic: ('pillow') + ('bone') = 'pillow bone' - the bone that rests on the pillow when you sleep. Way more intuitive than the Latin 'occipital'. Once you see this, you'll never forget it.
usage
Anatomy/medical term. Appears in textbooks and forensic/medical contexts. Less common in everyday speech - for casual 'back of head' use 后脑勺 (hòunǎosháo).

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