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

卸肩儿(卸肩兒) a weight off one's shoulders; to resign a post; to lay down a burden; to be relieved of a job
秀发垂肩(秀髮垂肩) beautiful shoulder length hair
溜肩膀 sloping shoulders; irresponsible; work-shy
肩巾 a scarf
踏肩 in succession
五十肩 adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
肩章 epaulet; shoulder mark
比肩随踵(比肩隨踵) shoulder-to-shoulder, following heel-to-heel
双肩包(雙肩包) backpack
肩摩毂击(肩摩轂擊) shoulders rubbing and wheels strking; many vehicles
白肩黑鹮(白肩黑䴉) white-shouldered ibis (Pseudibis davisoni)
接踵比肩 people shoulder-to-shoulder; many people
一肩挑 one person shoulders the whole responsibility
仔肩 to bear responsibility for
并肩而行(並肩而行) walk shoulder-to-shoulder
肩并肩(肩並肩) shoulder to shoulder
白肩雕(白肩鵰) eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)
肩摩 rubbing shoulders; crowded
捱肩擦背 shoulder-to-shoulder, back-to-back
勾肩搭背 arms around each other's shoulders
肩周炎 adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
并肩前进(並肩前進) more forward shoulder-to-shoulder
一肩担戴(一肩擔戴) one person shoulders the whole responsibility
肩负(肩負) to carry on the shoulder; to shoulder a load; to bear
过肩摔(過肩摔) shoulder throw (judo)
息肩 to put down one's burden; to retire
肩射导弹(肩射導彈) shoulder-fired missile
垫肩(墊肩) shoulder pad
肩舆(肩輿) sedan seat
塌肩折 Turn with Flat Shoulder; CJK Stroke HZ
挨肩擦背 crowded together
肩臂 arms
耸肩(聳肩) to shrug one's shoulders
肩膊 shoulder
并肩作战(並肩作戰) doing battle shoulder-to-shoulder
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
拱肩 a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)
肩轝 sedan seat
肩胛 shoulder; scapular region; scapula
肩头(肩頭) on one's shoulders; shoulder
携手并肩(攜手並肩) hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder
肩随(肩隨) to follow closely behind
坎肩 sleeveless jacket (usually cotton); Chinese waistcoat
比肩而立 to stand shoulder-to-shoulder
肩部 shoulder
耸肩折(聳肩折) Turn with Raised Shoulder; CJK Stroke HZ
肩荷 to carry on the shoulders
挨肩 brothers and sisters born following one another ; shoulder to shoulder
比肩而事 to work together shoulder-to-shoulder
摩肩接踵 rubbing shoulders and following in each other's footsteps; a thronging crowd

Also contained in

有肩膀

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

卷105之二天象志一之二 Volume 105b Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 19
卷一百二十三　列傳第六十一:　忠義三徒單航完顏陳和尚楊沃衍烏古論黑漢陀滿胡土門姬汝作愛申附:馬肩龍禹顯張邦憲劉全 Volume 123 Biographies 61: Zhong Yisan, Tu Danhang, Wanyanchenheshang, Yang Woyan, Wugulunheihan, Tuomanhutumen, Ji Ruzuo, Ai Shen relative: Ma Jianlong, Yu Xian, Zhang Bangxian, Liu Quan History of Jin 金史 — count: 12
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
卷五十四 Scroll 54 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
第四回 Chapter 4 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: 16
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
肩上 (肩上) 加彘肩上 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 5
鸢肩 (鳶肩) 鳶肩企行 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷四　墜形訓 Chapter 4: Terrestrial Forms — count: 4
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
豚肩 (豚肩) 豚肩不揜豆 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮器》 Rites in the Formation of Character — 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