肩
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shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
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How 肩 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A man bringing home meat ⺼ for the family 户
How to remember it
shoulder · Heisig RSH #2153
户 door + moon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 肩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 单肩包 | dān jiān bāo | shoulder bag |
| 肩射导弹 | jiān shè dǎo dàn | shoulder-fired missile |
| 双肩包 | shuāng jiān bāo | backpack |
| 五十肩 | wǔ shí jiān | adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) |
| 并肩作战 | bìng jiān zuò zhàn | (idiom) to fight side by side; (by extension) to join forces |
| 肩头 | jiān tóu | on one's shoulders; (dialect) shoulder |
| 擦肩而过 | cā jiān ér guò | to brush past; to pass by (sb); (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc); to have a b… |
| 肩起 | jiān qǐ | to bear; to shoulder (responsibilities etc) |
| 比肩 | bǐ jiān | to be shoulder to shoulder; (fig.) to be as good as; to match; Taiwan pr. [bi4 jian1] |
| 肩带 | jiān dài | shoulder strap; shoulder harness; shoulder belt; baldric; CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 白肩雕 | bái jiān diāo | (bird species of China) eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca) |
| 肩周炎 | jiān zhōu yán | adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) |
| 肩部 | jiān bù | shoulder; shoulder area |
| 露肩 | lòu jiān | (of a garment) off-the-shoulder; shoulder-baring |
| 挨肩儿 | āi jiān r | in rapid succession (of children, close in age); shoulder-to-shoulder |
| 息肩 | xī jiān | (literary) to put down one's burden; to rest; to stay (at an inn etc) |
| 坎肩儿 | kǎn jiān r | erhua variant of 坎肩[kan3 jian1] |
| 齐肩 | qí jiān | level with one's shoulders; (of two people) both the same height |
| 勾肩搭背 | gōu jiān dā bèi | (idiom) arms around each other's shoulders |
| 肩章 | jiān zhāng | epaulet; shoulder loop; shoulder mark |