筋

Muscle in Chinese: 筋 (jīn)

jīn

muscle

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1muscle
  2. 2tendon
  3. 3veins visible under the skin
  4. 4sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)

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筋

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄣ

jīn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄣ/ en—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 他跑步时不小心拉伤了脚筋。

    tā pǎo bù shí bù xiǎo xīn lā shāng le jiǎo jīn。

    While running, he accidentally pulled a tendon in his foot.

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Related words

脑筋

nǎo jīn

brains

伤脑筋

shāng nǎo jīn

to be a real headache

仅次于

jǐn cì yú

second only to ...

尽情

jìn qíng

as much as one likes

尽头

jìn tóu

end

尽早

jǐn zǎo

as early as possible

紧凑

jǐn còu

compact

紧接着

jǐn jiē zhe

immediately afterwards

紧迫

jǐn pò

pressing

紧缺

jǐn quē

in short supply

紧缩

jǐn suō

(economics) to reduce

锦旗

jǐn qí

silk banner (as an award or gift)

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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