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肩膀

jiān bǎng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

肩膀 (jiān bǎng) means "shoulder". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 肩膀 means

1. shoulder

The characters in 肩膀

• 肩jiānshoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 膀bǎngupper arm; wing

Example sentences

• 我肩膀痛。
  My shoulder hurts.
• 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.
• 汤姆肩膀很宽。
  Tom has very broad shoulders.
• 他拍拍我的肩膀。
  He patted me on the shoulder.

Words containing 肩膀

• 有肩膀yǒu jiān bǎngresponsible; reliable
• 溜肩膀liū jiān bǎngsloping shoulders; irresponsible; work-shy

Where 肩膀 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 jiān bǎng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.