肩 (gin1 | jian1) : shoulder

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肩

gin1

jian1

[1] shoulders
[2] to shoulder; take on; undertake; bear

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 肉 (#130)

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

肩

This word has been viewed 5680 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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披肩 pei1 gin1 pi1 jian1 = shawl; shoulder-length

並肩 bing6 gin1 bing4 jian1 = shoulder to shoulder

肩膀 gin1 bong2 jian1 bang3 = shoulder 國

無肩帶 mou4 gin1 daai3 wu2 jian1 dai4 = strapless

肩帶 gin1 daai3*2 jian3 dai4 = shoulder strap

擦肩而過 caat3 gin1 ji4 gwo3 ca1 jian1 er2 guo4 = brief encounter; to brush past somebody

肩膊 gin1 bok3 = shoulder

仔肩 zi2 gin1 zi1 jian1 = responsiblity, bear responsibility

肩負重任 gin1 fu6 zung6 jam6 jian1 fu4 zhong4 ren4 = shoulder heavy responsibilities

聳聳肩 sung2 sung2 gin1 = to shrug (one's shoulders) 國
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Showing 1 example containing 肩

BB要食，快啲將背囊裡面個口水肩笠上BB度. 粵
The baby needs to eat。 Quickly take the bib from the backpack and put it over her。
[Discussion on usage of 將: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,120703]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 肩
Unicode code for this character: U+80a9 (off-site link)

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