Chinese symbol for “bottleneck”
瓶颈
píng jǐng
Traditional: 瓶頸
neck of a bottle; (fig.) bottleneck; problem that impedes progress
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bottleneck is 瓶颈 (píng jǐng), defined as: neck of a bottle; (fig.) bottleneck; problem that impedes progress.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bottleneck”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瓶颈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瓶子 | píng zi | bottle; 个 (gè) |
| 花瓶 | huā píng | flower vase; (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) |
| 瓶装 (瓶裝) | píng zhuāng | bottled |
| 奶瓶 | nǎi píng | baby's feeding bottle |
| 瓶盖 (瓶蓋) | píng gài | bottle cap |
| 颈部 (頸部) | jǐng bù | neck |
| 长颈鹿 (長頸鹿) | cháng jǐng lù | giraffe; 只 (zhī) |
| 宫颈 (宮頸) | gōng jǐng | cervix; the neck of the uterus |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bottleneck”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.