# 瓶颈 (píngjǐng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 瓶颈 (píngjǐng) means “bottleneck”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: bottleneck
- Pinyin: píngjǐng (ping2 jing3)
- Traditional: 瓶頸
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 项目研发遇到了技术瓶颈。
  Xiàngmù yánfā yùdàole jìshù píngjǐng.
  Project development has run into a technical bottleneck.

## Characters

- [瓶](https://hanziro.com/word/ping-bottle/) (píng): bottle; (measure word) for bottles
- 颈 (jǐng): neck

https://hanziro.com/word/ping-jing-bottleneck/

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