The Chinese word for shoulder is
肩膀
jiān bǎng
Chinese Definition
| Components | |
| 肩 | |
| 1. shoulders | |
| 扛 兩 百 斤 麥子 走 十里 山路 不 換 肩 - Shoulder 100kg of wheat and walk 5km of mountain trail without swapping shoulder. | |
| 2. to shoulder; to undertake; to take on | |
| 3. to bear | |
| 膀 | |
| 1. upper arm; shoulder | |
| 2. wing | |
| 3. Only used in 膀胱 | |
| 4. (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial) swollen; puffed | |
| 那nèi.個 人 臉 都 膀pāng 了。 - That person's face is swollen. | |
| 5. Only used in 吊膀子 (, 膀子吊) |
Translations for 膀 and their definitions
| 肩 | |
| 1. shoulders | |
| 扛 兩 百 斤 麥子 走 十里 山路 不 換 肩 - Shoulder 100kg of wheat and walk 5km of mountain trail without swapping shoulder. | |
| 2. to shoulder; to undertake; to take on | |
| 3. to bear |
| 肩膀 | |
| 1. n. (anatomy) shoulder | |
| 拍 拍 某人 的 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 | |
| 站 在 巨人 的 肩膀 上 - to stand on the shoulders of giants |
| 路肩 | |
| 1. n. shoulder of a road (part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency) |
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Pronunciation
jiān bǎng
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