One of the important issues in evaluating an interconnection network is to study the hamiltonian cycle embedding problems. A graph G is spanning k-edge-cyclable if for any k independent edges e1,e2,…,ek of G, there exist k vertex-disjoint cycles C1,C2,…,Ck in G such that V(C1)∪V(C2)∪⋯∪V(Ck)=V(G) and ei∈E(Ci) for all 1≤i≤k. According to the definition, the problem of finding hamiltonian cycle focuses on k=1. The notion of spanning edge-cyclability can be applied to the problem of identifying faulty links and other related issues in interconnection networks. In this paper, we prove that the n-dimensional hypercube Qn is spanning k-edge-cyclable for 1≤k≤n−1 and n≥2. This is the best possible result, in the sense that the n-dimensional hypercube Qn is not spanning n-edge-cyclable.