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肌

jī

HSK 5 Character

What 肌 means

1. bound formflesh; muscle

Example sentences

• 游泳锻炼肌肉。
  Swimming develops your muscles.
• 他有明显的肌肉线条。
  Tā yǒu míngxiǎn de jīròu xiàntiáo.
  He's ripped.
• 海格力斯有强健的肌肉。
  Hercules had strong muscles.
• 在泳池游完泳后要拉伸肌肉。
  You have to stretch your muscles after swimming in the pool.
• 一般说来，男生的肌肉比女生发达。
  Yībānshuōlái, nánshēng de jīròu bǐ nǚshēng fādá.
  Generally speaking, men are physically stronger than women.
• 记住，运动有助于增强肌肉和骨骼。
  Remember, exercise helps strengthen your muscles and bones.

Words starting with 肌

• 肌肉jī ròumuscle; flesh
• 肌肤jī fūskin; flesh; fig. close physical relationship
• 肌体jī tǐthe body; organism (usually human); (fig.) fabric (of society etc)
• 肌理jī lǐtexture (of skin, surface etc)
• 肌酸jī suāncreatine
• 肌少症jī shǎo zhèng(medicine) sarcopenia
• 肌纤维jī xiān wéimuscle fiber
• 肌肉男jī ròu nánmuscular man; muscleman
• 肌电图jī diàn túelectromyogram (EMG)
• 肌动蛋白jī dòng dàn báiactin
• 肌原纤维jī yuán xiān wéi(anatomy) myofibril
• 肌球蛋白jī qiú dàn báimyosin (biochemistry)
• 肌纤蛋白jī xiān dàn báimyocilin; muscle fibrin
• 肌肉注射jī ròu zhù shèintramuscular injection
• 肌肉发达jī ròu fā dámuscular
• 肌肉组织jī ròu zǔ zhīmuscle tissue
• 肌肉记忆jī ròu jì yìmuscle memory
• 肌胃jī wèigizzard
• 肌肉萎缩症jī ròu wěi suō zhèngmuscular dystrophy
• 肌肉松弛剂jī ròu sōng chí jìmuscle relaxant (medicine)
• 肌腱jī jiàntendon (anatomy); sinew; hamstrings
• 肌苷酸二钠jī gān suān èr nàdisodium inosinate (E631)

Words containing 肌

• 心肌xīn jīmyocardium
• 心肌梗塞xīn jī gěng sè(Taiwan) myocardial infarction; heart attack
• 伸肌shēn jīextensor (anatomy)
• 环肌huán jīcircular muscle
• 纵肌zòng jīlongitudinal muscle
• 胸肌xiōng jīpectoral muscles
• 里肌lǐ jī(Taiwan) tenderloin (usu. of pork)
• 半膜肌bàn mó jīsemimembranosus (anatomy)
• 平滑肌píng huá jīsmooth muscle (anatomy); non-striated muscle
• 心肌炎xīn jī yánmyocarditis
• 括约肌kuò yuē jīsphincter
• 旋前肌xuán qián jīpronator teres muscle (below the elbow)
• 横纹肌héng wén jīstriated muscle
• 秀肌肉xiù jī ròuto flex one's muscles; (fig.) (of a person, country etc) to demonstrate one's strength
• 胸大肌xiōng dà jīpectoralis major muscle (across the top of the chest)
• 里肌肉lǐ jī ròuloin (of pork)
• 闭壳肌bì ké jīadductor muscle (of a bivalve mollusk)
• 不随意肌bù suí yì jīinvoluntary muscle
• 冰肌玉骨bīng jī yù gǔ(idiom) (of a woman) having fair, flawless skin and a graceful, refined beauty
• 纤维肌痛xiān wéi jī tòngfibromyalgia
• 重症肌无力zhòng zhèng jī wú lìmyasthenia gravis (medicine)
• 冈上肌gāng shàng jīsupraspinatus muscle
• 冈下肌gāng xià jīinfraspinatus muscle
• 皮肤肌肉囊pí fū jī ròu nángdermo-muscular sac

Characters built on 月

These share the phonetic component 月 (yuè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage
• 脂zhīfat; rouge (cosmetics); resin
• 臂bìarm
• 脊jǐ(bound form) spine; backbone; (bound form) ridge
• 膝xīknee
• 肢zhīlimb
• 胰yípancreas
• 脾píspleen

Characters that look like 肌

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

• 犯fànto violate; to offend; to assault
• 狂kuángmad; wild; violent
• 轨guǐ(bound form) rail; track; course; path
• 矶jībreakwater; jetty
• 驭yùvariant of 御; to drive; to manage
• 纨wán(literary) fine white silk; delicate silk fabric

Sounds the same

Read jī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 机(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity
• 鸡fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute
• 击to hit; to strike; to break
• 基(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)…
• 积to amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math) product (the result of multiplication)…
• 激to arouse; to incite; to excite
• 圾used in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. sè
• 饥(bound form) hungry
• 缉to seize; to arrest; Taiwan pr. qì
• 讥to ridicule
• 姬woman; concubine; female entertainer (archaic)
• 奇odd (number)