肌 (gei1 | ji1) : muscle; flesh; tissue

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肌

gei1

ji1

[n] muscle; flesh; tissue; skin

Stroke count: 6

Level: 3

Radical: 肉 (#130)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

肌

This word has been viewed 6642 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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肌肉 gei1 juk6 ji1 rou4 = muscle

肌膚 gei1 fu1 ji1 fu1 = skin

不隨意肌 bat1 ceoi4 ji3 gei1 bu4 sui2 yi4 ji1 = an involuntary muscle 國

心肌炎 sam1 gei1 jim4 xin1 ji1 yan2 = myocarditis

肌肉發達 gei1 juk6 faat3 daat6 ji1 rou4 fa1 da2 = muscular

心肌 sam1 gei1 xin1 ji1 = cardiac muscle

心臟肌 sam1 zong6 gei1 xin1 zang4 ji1 = cardiac muscle

近乎完美的肌膚 gan6 fu4 jyun4 mei5 dik1 gei1 fu1 = near-perfect skin 國

胸肌 hung1 gei1 = pectoral muscles

三頭肌 saam1 tau4 gei1 = triceps

二頭肌 ji6 tau4 gei1 = biceps

腹肌 fuk1 gei1 = abdominals; abs

肌肉營養不良症 gei1 juk6 jing4 joeng5 bat1 loeng4 zing3 ji1 rou4 ying2 yang3 bu4 liang2 zheng4 = muscular dystrophy 國

肌肉酸痛 gei1 juk6 syun1 tung3 ji1 rou4 suan1 tong4 = muscle soreness

肌肉車 gei1 juk6 ce1 = a muscle car (typically a powerful sportscar)

橫紋肌 waang4 man4 gei1 heng2 wen2 ji1 = striated muscle

纖維肌痛 cim1 wai4 gei1 tung3 xian1 wei2 ji1 tong4 = fibromyalgia

三角肌 saam1 gok3 gei1 san1 jiao3 ji1 = deltoid

心肌梗塞 sam1 gei1 gang2 sak1 xin1 ji1 geng3 se4 = myocardial infarction

膕繩肌 gwok3 sing4 gei1 guo2 sheng2 ji1 = hamstring (muscle in anatomy)

肌強直 gei1 goeng6 zik6 ji1 jiang4 zhi2 = myotonia

淪肌浹髓 leon4 gei1 zip3 seoi5 = to receive a profound impression

肌肉萎縮症 gei1 juk6 wai2 suk1 zing3 ji1 rou4 wei3 suo1 zheng4 = muscular dystrophy

子宮肌瘤 zi2 gung1 gei1 lau4 zi3 gong1 ji1 liu2 = uterine fibroid

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佢枕住健身個肌肉都係咁鬆婄,只得半粒老鼠仔咋粵
He has been working out for a long time, yet his muscles are still soft, with only half-developed biceps.

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Decimal representation of this word: 肌
Unicode code for this character: U+808c (off-site link)

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