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筋

jīn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

筋 (jīn) means "muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 筋 means

1. muscle
2. tendon
3. veins visible under the skin
4. sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)

Example sentences

• 真伤脑筋。
  Zhēn shāngnǎojīn.
  It really is a headache.
• 你有个死脑筋。
  You've got a one-track mind.
• 我完全地筋疲力尽了。
  Wǒ wánquán de jīnpílìjìn le.
  I am completely exhausted.
• 汤姆完全筋疲力尽了。
  Tāngmǔ wánquán jīnpílìjìn le.
  Tom was completely exhausted.
• 他们告诉我他们筋疲力尽了。
  They told me they were worn out.
• 我刚刚腿又抽筋了，痛死我了。
  Wǒ gānggang tuǐ yòu chōujīn le, tòng sǐ wǒ le.
  I just got another leg cramp and it hurts like hell.

Words starting with 筋

• 筋骨jīn gǔmuscles and bones; physique; strength
• 筋疲力尽jīn pí lì jìnbody weary, strength exhausted (idiom); extremely tired; spent
• 筋斗jīn dǒutumble; somersault
• 筋节jīn jiélit. muscles and joints; by ext. the relations between parts in a speech, composition etc
• 筋络jīn luòtendons and muscles
• 筋脉jīn màiveins
• 筋膜jīn mó(anatomy) fascia
• 筋道jīn dao(of noodles etc) springy; chewy
• 筋斗云jīn dǒu yúnSun Wukong's magical cloud

Words containing 筋

• 伤脑筋shāng nǎo jīnto be a real headache; to find sth a real headache; to beat one's brains
• 脑筋nǎo jīnbrains; mind; head
• 钢筋gāng jīnsteel reinforcing bar
• 动脑筋dòng nǎo jīnto use one's brains; to think
• 抽筋chōu jīncramp; charley horse; to pull a tendon
• 青筋qīng jīnveins; blue veins
• 橡皮筋xiàng pí jīnrubber band
• 钢筋混凝土gāng jīn hùn níng tǔreinforced concrete
• 宗筋zōng jīnpenis (Chinese medicine)
• 手筋shǒu jīnflexor tendon (coll.); tesuji (a skillful move in the game of Go)…
• 拉筋lā jīnstretching (exercise)
• 皮筋pí jīnrubber band
• 转筋zhuàn jīnmuscle cramp
• 配筋pèi jīnrebar (construction)
• 面筋miàn jīngluten
• 少根筋shǎo gēn jīn(colloquial) dim-witted; foolish; absent-minded
• 横筋斗héng jīn dǒucartwheel
• 牛筋草niú jīn cǎowire grass (Eleusine indica)
• 猴皮筋hóu pí jīn(colloquial) rubber band
• 翻筋斗fān jīn dǒuto tumble; to turn a somersault
• 跳皮筋tiào pí jīnto play rubber band jump rope
• 马利筋mǎ lì jīntropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)
• 中筋面粉zhōng jīn miàn fěnall-purpose flour; flour for making dumplings and noodles
• 低筋面粉dī jīn miàn fěnlow-gluten flour; cake flour; pastry flour

Characters that look like 筋

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 瑟sèa type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
• 笛díflute
• 菱líng(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
• 筵yánbamboo mat for sitting
• 筷kuàichopstick
• 粱liángsorghum

Sounds the same

Read jīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 今now; the present time; current
• 金gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
• 斤catty; (mainland) weight equal to 500 g; (Taiwan) weight equal to 600 g
• 巾towel; general purpose cloth; women's headcovering (old)
• 津saliva; sweat; a ferry crossing
• 襟lapel; overlap of Chinese gown; fig. bosom (the seat of emotions)
• 禁to endure
• 矜to boast; to esteem; to sympathize
• 衿collar; belt; variant of 襟
• 珒a kind of jade
• 祲evil force
• 紟a sash; to tie

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jīn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.