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肌肉

jī ròu

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

肌肉 (jī ròu) means "muscle". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 肌肉 means

1. muscle
2. flesh

The characters in 肌肉

• 肌jī(bound form) flesh; muscle
• 肉ròumeat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit)

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 肌肉

• 肌肉男jī ròu nánmuscular man; muscleman
• 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
• 肌肉萎缩症jī ròu wěi suō zhèngmuscular dystrophy
• 肌肉松弛剂jī ròu sōng chí jìmuscle relaxant (medicine)

Words containing 肌肉

• 秀肌肉xiù jī ròuto flex one's muscles; (fig.) (of a person, country etc) to demonstrate one's strength
• 里肌肉lǐ jī ròuloin (of pork)
• 皮肤肌肉囊pí fū jī ròu nángdermo-muscular sac
• 杜兴氏肌肉营养不良症Dù xīng shì jī ròu yíng yǎng bù liáng zhèngDuchenne muscular dystrophy

Sounds the same

Read jī ròu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鸡肉chicken meat

Where 肌肉 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Body Parts & Physical Features (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jī ròu correctly.
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