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肩

jiān

HSK 5 Character

What 肩 means

1. shoulder
2. to shoulder (responsibilities etc)

Example sentences

• 我肩膀痛。
  My shoulder hurts.
• 她耸了耸肩。
  Tā sǒng le sǒngjiān.
  She shrugged her shoulders.
• 他身肩重任。
  A great responsibility lies on his shoulders.
• 他伤了肩膀。
  He was wounded in the shoulder.
• 我肩膀受了伤。
  I got hurt in the shoulder.
• 我的肩膀很痠。
  My shoulder really aches.

Words starting with 肩

• 肩膀jiān bǎngshoulder
• 肩头jiān tóuon one's shoulders; (dialect) shoulder
• 肩负jiān fùto shoulder (a burden); to bear; to suffer (a disadvantage)
• 肩并肩jiān bìng jiānshoulder to shoulder; abreast; side by side
• 肩章jiān zhāngepaulet; shoulder loop; shoulder mark
• 肩带jiān dàishoulder strap; shoulder harness; shoulder belt; baldric
• 肩起jiān qǐto bear; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 肩部jiān bùshoulder; shoulder area
• 肩周炎jiān zhōu yánadhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
• 肩射导弹jiān shè dǎo dànshoulder-fired missile
• 肩膊jiān bóshoulder
• 肩扛jiān kángto carry on the shoulder
• 肩胛jiān jiǎshoulder; scapular region; scapula
• 肩胛骨jiān jiǎ gǔscapula; shoulder blade

Words containing 肩

• 并肩bìng jiānalongside; shoulder to shoulder; side by side
• 擦肩而过cā jiān ér guòto brush past; to pass by (sb); (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc)…
• 披肩pī jiāncape; shawl; (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders
• 耸肩sǒng jiānto shrug one's shoulders
• 比肩bǐ jiānto be shoulder to shoulder; (fig.) to be as good as; to match; Taiwan pr. bì jiān
• 坎肩kǎn jiānsleeveless jacket (usually cotton); Chinese waistcoat
• 摩肩接踵mó jiān jiē zhǒnglit. rubbing shoulders and following in each other's footsteps; a thronging crowd
• 仔肩zī jiānto bear responsibility for sth
• 凝肩níng jiānfrozen shoulder (medicine)
• 息肩xī jiān(literary) to put down one's burden; to rest; to stay (at an inn etc)
• 搭肩dā jiānto help lift up onto one's shoulders; to stand on sb's shoulder
• 露肩lòu jiān(of a garment) off-the-shoulder; shoulder-baring
• 齐肩qí jiānlevel with one's shoulders; (of two people) both the same height
• 单肩包dān jiān bāoshoulder bag
• 白肩雕bái jiān diāo(bird species of China) eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)
• 双肩包shuāng jiān bāobackpack
• 并肩作战bìng jiān zuò zhàn(idiom) to fight side by side; (by extension) to join forces
• 携手并肩xié shǒu bìng jiānhand in hand and shoulder to shoulder
• 卸肩儿xiè jiān rlit. a weight off one's shoulders; fig. to resign a post; to lay down a burden
• 垫肩diàn jiānshoulder pad
• 有肩膀yǒu jiān bǎngresponsible; reliable
• 勾肩搭背gōu jiān dā bèi(idiom) arms around each other's shoulders
• 溜肩liū jiānsloping shoulders
• 溜肩膀liū jiān bǎngsloping shoulders; irresponsible; work-shy

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.

• 脸liǎnface
• 腺xiàngland
• 閒jiānvariant of 间
• 腱jiàntendon; sinew
• 腆tiǎnmake strong (as liquors); virtuous
• 腼miǎnused in 腼腆
• 胼piánused in 胼胝

Characters that look like 肩

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

• 层céngto pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story
• 启qǐto open; to start; to initiate
• 屋wū(bound form) house; (bound form) room
• 虐nüè(bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh; (literary) disaster; catastrophe
• 屉tìdrawer; tier; tray
• 扂diàndoor latch

Sounds the same

Read jiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 间between; among; within a definite time or space
• 坚strong; solid; firm
• 兼double; twice; simultaneous
• 艰difficult; hard; hardship
• 煎to pan fry; to sauté
• 监to supervise; to inspect; jail
• 尖pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing…
• 奸wicked; crafty; traitor
• 渐to imbue
• 笺letter; note-paper
• 歼to annihilate; abbr. for 歼击机
• 浅sound of moving water