Usage of the character 肩
jiān
肩
[肩]
- shoulder
- to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
sǒngjiān
耸肩
[聳肩]
- to shrug one's shoulders
jiānbǎng
肩膀
[肩膀]
- shoulder
xījiān
息肩
[息肩]
- (literary) to put down one's burden
- to rest
- to stay (at an inn etc)
níngjiān
凝肩
[凝肩]
- frozen shoulder (medicine)
kǎnjiān
坎肩
[坎肩]
- sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)
- Chinese waistcoat
jiānfù
肩负
[肩負]
- to shoulder (a burden)
- to bear
- to suffer (a disadvantage)
lòujiān
露肩
[露肩]
- (of a garment) off-the-shoulder; shoulder-baring
bìngjiān
并肩
[並肩]
- alongside
- shoulder to shoulder
- side by side
- abreast
jiānbó
肩膊
[肩膊]
- shoulder
jiāndài
肩带
[肩帶]
- shoulder strap; shoulder harness; shoulder belt; baldric
- CL:條／条 (tiáo)
dājiān
搭肩
[搭肩]
- to help lift up onto one's shoulders
- to stand on sb's shoulder
zījiān
仔肩
[仔肩]
- to bear responsibility for sth
pījiān
披肩
[披肩]
- cape
- shawl
- (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders
jiānzhāng
肩章
[肩章]
- epaulet
- shoulder loop
- shoulder mark
qíjiān
齐肩
[齊肩]
- level with one's shoulders
- (of two people) both the same height
piánjiān
骈肩
[駢肩]
- shoulder to shoulder
jiānqǐ
肩起
[肩起]
- to bear
- to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
diànjiān
垫肩
[墊肩]
- shoulder pad
bǐjiān
比肩
[比肩]
- to be shoulder to shoulder
- (fig.) to be as good as; to match
- Taiwan pr. (bìjiān)
gǒngjiān
拱肩
[拱肩]
- a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)
jiānbù
肩部
[肩部]
- shoulder
- shoulder area
jiānkáng
肩扛
[肩扛]
- to carry on the shoulder
jiāntóu
肩头
[肩頭]
- on one's shoulders
- (dialect) shoulder
jiānjiǎ
肩胛
[肩胛]
- shoulder
- scapular region
- scapula
jiānzhōuyán
肩周炎
[肩周炎]
- adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
kǎnjiānr
坎肩儿
[坎肩兒]
- erhua variant of 坎肩 (kǎnjiān)
xièjiānr
卸肩儿
[卸肩兒]
- lit. a weight off one's shoulders
- fig. to resign a post
- to lay down a burden
- to be relieved of a job
wǔshíjiān
五十肩
[五十肩]
- adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
jiānjiǎgǔ
肩胛骨
[肩胛骨]
- scapula
- shoulder blade
dānjiānbāo
单肩包
[單肩包]
- shoulder bag
liūjiānbǎng
溜肩膀
[溜肩膀]
- sloping shoulders
- irresponsible
- work-shy
báijiāndiāo
白肩雕
[白肩鵰]
- (bird species of China) eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)
shuāngjiānbāo
双肩包
[雙肩包]
- backpack
guòjiānshuāi
过肩摔
[過肩摔]
- shoulder throw (judo)
āijiānr
挨肩儿
[挨肩兒]
- in rapid succession (of children, close in age)
- shoulder-to-shoulder
jiānbìngjiān
肩并肩
[肩並肩]
- shoulder to shoulder; abreast; side by side
yǒujiānbǎng
有肩膀
[有肩膀]
- responsible
- reliable
jiānshèdǎodàn
肩射导弹
[肩射導彈]
- shoulder-fired missile
āijiāncābèi
挨肩擦背
[挨肩擦背]
- (idiom) to be crowded together
gōujiān-dābèi
勾肩搭背
[勾肩搭背]
- (idiom) arms around each other's shoulders
cājiān'érguò
擦肩而过
[擦肩而過]
- to brush past; to pass by (sb)
- (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc); to have a brush (with death)
mójiānjiēzhǒng
摩肩接踵
[摩肩接踵]
- lit. rubbing shoulders and following in each other's footsteps
- a thronging crowd
báijiānhēihuán
白肩黑鹮
[白肩黑䴉]
- (bird species of China) white-shouldered ibis (Pseudibis davisoni)
xiéshǒubìngjiān
携手并肩
[攜手並肩]
- hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder
xiùfàchuíjiān
秀发垂肩
[秀髮垂肩]
- beautiful shoulder length hair (idiom)