gǔ tou
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这块骨头真硬。
Zhè kuài gǔtou zhēn yìng.
This bone is really hard.
狗喜欢啃骨头。
Gǒu xǐhuan kěn gǔtou.
Dogs like to chew on bones.
我摔了一跤，摔断了腿骨。
Wǒ shuāi le yī jiāo, shuāi duànle tuǐgǔ.
I fell and broke my leg bone.
骨骼 (gǔ gé)
skeleton
骨架 (gǔ jià)
skeleton
肉 (ròu)
meat
皮 (pí)
skin
The Chinese word 骨头 (gǔtou) for "bone" is composed of two characters: 骨 (gǔ) and 头 (tóu). The character 骨 originally meant "bone" or "skeleton", and it is still used in this sense today. The character 头 originally meant "head", but it can also be used to refer to the "end" or "tip" of something. In the word 骨头, the character 头 is used in the sense of "end" or "tip", and it refers to the ends of the bones. Thus, the word 骨头 literally means "the ends of the bones", and it is used to refer to the bones of the body.
