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Word and Radical Components of 肩膀

The Chinese word 肩膀 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
肩膀 jiānbǎng 1. n. (anatomy) shoulder
      某人 肩膀 - to tap somebody on the shoulder
2. n. (anatomy) shoulders (upper part of the back and the arms)
3. n. (figurative) dependence; reliance; support
      巨人 肩膀 - to stand on the shoulders of giants

肩膀 ⇨ 肩 + 膀
Component Pinyin Meanings
jiān 1. shoulders
      麥子 十里 山路 - Shoulder 100kg of wheat and walk 5km of mountain trail without swapping shoulder.
2. to shoulder; to undertake; to take on
3. to bear
bǎng 1. upper arm; shoulder
2. wing
páng 3. Only used in 膀胱
pāng 4. (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial) swollen; puffed
     nèi. pāng 。 - That person's face is swollen.
bàng, bǎng 5. Only used in 吊膀子 (, 膀子吊)

肩 ⇨ 戶 + 肉
Component Pinyin Meanings
     戶外 - outdoors
1. family; household
     戶籍 - household register
     專業戶 - expert, lit=family which engages in a specialized trade
     釘子戶 - nail house
2. (only in compounds) bank account
     賬戶 - account
     開戶 - to open an account
ròu, rù 1. meat; flesh
     豬肉 - pork
     牛肉 - beef
      從不 。 - I never eat meat.
      異常 鮮美。 - The flesh of this kind of fish has exceptional delicacy.
     不久鬣狗 便可 飽餐一頓 這些 動物 。 - Soon, the hyenas could then feast on the flesh of these dead animals.
2. (specifically) pork
     肉三鮮 餃子zi - three delicious ingredient pork dumpling
     蒜薹 - garlic chive and pork stir-fry
3. body
     肉體 - physical body -
4. flesh; pulp
      桃子zi 。 - The flesh of the peach was sweet and juicy.
5. (ACG) media; video
     生肉 - raws (not fansubbed videos or clips -)
     熟肉 - localized, subbed(, - or dubbed media)
     烤肉 - localized, subbed(, - or dubbed media, with detailed effects)
ròu 6. (archaic) edge; brim; an outer part of a ring-shaped object (such as coin or jade annulus)
7. (archaic, of sound and music) rich; substantial
8. (dialectal Mandarin) spongy; squashy; flabby
      西瓜 瓤兒r 。 - The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy.
9. (dialectal Mandarin) slow; sluggish
      做事 。 - This person does everything sluggishly.
10. meat; flesh
     豬肉 - pork, MN
     牛肉 - beef, MN
11. (specifically) pork
     肉骨 - pork ribs, MN
12. flesh; pulp
     龍眼乾 - flesh of dried longan, MN
13. main part of an object
     刀肉 - blade of a knife or sword, MN