Chinese Notes

肩 jiān

jiān noun shoulder
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 肩并肩 'shoulder to shoulder' (Guoyu '肩' n 1; Han Dian '肩' n 2; Kroll 2015 '肩' 1, p. 196; Mathews 1931 '肩', p. 112; Unihan '肩')
jiān noun to shoulder; to bear
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '肩' v 1; Han Dian '肩' v 1; Kroll 2015 '肩' 2, p. 196; Mathews 1931 '肩', p. 112; Unihan '肩')
jiān proper noun Jian
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '肩' n 2)
jiān noun to appoint; to assign [a job]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '肩' 2a, p. 196)

Contained in

比肩继踵(比肩繼踵) shoulder-to-shoulder, heel-to-heel; many people in a chaotic crowd
肩摩毂击(肩摩轂擊) shoulders rubbing and wheels strking; many vehicles
比肩而立 to stand shoulder-to-shoulder
比肩皆是 found everywhere
肩膊 shoulder
肩射导弹(肩射導彈) shoulder-fired missile
塌肩折 Turn with Flat Shoulder; CJK Stroke HZ
溜肩膀 sloping shoulders; irresponsible; work-shy
耸肩(聳肩) to shrug one's shoulders
肩随(肩隨) to follow closely behind
并肩(並肩) alongside; shoulder to shoulder; side by side; abreast ; to mix with people of a similar social class ; to work as a team
肩负(肩負) to carry on the shoulder; to shoulder a load; to bear
双肩包(雙肩包) backpack
仔肩 to bear responsibility for
五十肩 adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
挨肩 brothers and sisters born following one another ; shoulder to shoulder
齊肩(齊肩) up to one's shoulder in height; equal in height
肩章 epaulet; shoulder mark
白肩雕(白肩鵰) eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)
垫肩(墊肩) shoulder pad
肩负重任(肩負重任) to shoulder a heavy responsibility
肩臂 arms
比肩人 people joined at the shoulder; inseparable people
单肩包(單肩包) shoulder bag
并肩前进(並肩前進) more forward shoulder-to-shoulder
耸肩折(聳肩折) Turn with Raised Shoulder; CJK Stroke HZ
秀发垂肩(秀髮垂肩) beautiful shoulder length hair
并肩而行(並肩而行) walk shoulder-to-shoulder
肩周炎 adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
比肩齐势(比肩齊勢) shoulder-to-shoulder, equal in strength
通肩 to cover both shoulders
挨肩擦背 crowded together
及肩 to reach shoulder height
肩带(肩帶) shoulder shoulder belt ; shoulder strap; shoulder harness
拱肩 a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)
披肩 a scarf that covers the neck and shoulder; a cape; a shawl; (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders
肩胛骨 scapula; shoulder blade
坎肩儿(坎肩兒) sleeveless jacket
肩轝 sedan seat
捱肩擦背 shoulder-to-shoulder, back-to-back
肩并肩(肩並肩) shoulder to shoulder
肩舆(肩輿) sedan seat
坎肩 sleeveless jacket (usually cotton); Chinese waistcoat
肩头(肩頭) on one's shoulders; shoulder
搭肩 to help lift up onto one's shoulders; to stand on somebody's shoulder
白肩黑鹮(白肩黑䴉) white-shouldered ibis (Pseudibis davisoni)
肩荷 to carry on the shoulders
比肩 to be shoulder to shoulder; to be on an equal level with ; to be side-by-side ; to be [people] of the same generation ; for one example to describe many similar instances
比肩而事 to work together shoulder-to-shoulder
肩膀 shoulder ; to be in charge

Also contained in

携手并肩

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卷105之二天象志一之二 Volume 105b Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 19
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卷四十九列傳第四十三文學上 Volume 49: Men of Letters 1 Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 10
卷五十　　列傳第四十劉瓛明僧紹庾易劉虯 Volume 50 Biographies 40: Liu Huan, Ming Sengshao, Yu Yi, Liu Qiu History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 9
少牢馈食礼第十六 16. Rites of the secondary pen victim food offering The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 8
卷六十六志第四十二輿服二 Volume 66 Treatises 42: Carriages and Clothing 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 7
卷九十八志第五十一禮一 Volume 98 Treatises 51: Rites 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 7
有司第十七 17. The servant clearing the way The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 5
卷七十一　志第二十二: 　禮樂五 Volume 71 Treatises 24: Rites and Music 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 4
第二十六回 Chapter 26 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 4

Collocations

左肩 (左肩) 解其左肩 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 15
胁肩 (脅肩) 脅肩諂笑 — Mencius 孟子, 滕文公下 Teng Wen Gong II — count: 8
右肩 (右肩) 比參右肩 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《天官書》 Astronomy — count: 6
彘肩 (彘肩) 賜之彘肩 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 5
中肩 (中肩) 祝聃射王中肩 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 5
黑肩 (黑肩) 周公黑肩將左軍 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 4
鸢肩 (鳶肩) 鳶肩企行 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷四　墜形訓 Chapter 4: Terrestrial Forms — count: 4
肩上 (肩上) 加彘肩上 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 4
入肩 (入肩) 頭悉縮入肩中 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九十五列傳第六十五藝術 Volume 95 Biographies 65: Arts — count: 3
肩在 (肩在) 肩在上 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 少牢馈食礼第十六 16. Rites of the secondary pen victim food offering — count: 3