肩 jiān

1. 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')
2. 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')
3. jiān proper noun Jian
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '肩' n 2)
4. jiān noun to appoint; to assign [a job]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '肩' 2a, p. 196)

Contained in

• 肩巾 a scarf
• 肩射导弹(肩射導彈) shoulder-fired missile
• 塌肩折 Turn with Flat Shoulder; CJK Stroke HZ
• 挨肩 brothers and sisters born following one another ; shoulder to shoulder
• 坎肩儿(坎肩兒) sleeveless jacket
• 勾肩搭背 arms around each other's shoulders
• 肩随(肩隨) to follow closely behind
• 溜肩膀 sloping shoulders; irresponsible; work-shy
• 比肩人 people joined at the shoulder; inseparable people
• 肩荷 to carry on the shoulders
• 仔肩 to bear responsibility for
• 有肩膀 responsible; reliable
• 并肩作战(並肩作戰) doing battle shoulder-to-shoulder
• 比肩而立 to stand shoulder-to-shoulder
• 肩任 take responsibility
• 肩舆(肩輿) sedan seat
• 擦肩而过(擦肩而過) brief encounter; to brush past sb
• 比肩皆是 found everywhere
• 通肩 to cover both shoulders
• 肩摩毂击(肩摩轂擊) shoulders rubbing and wheels strking; many vehicles
• 肩周炎 adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
• 一肩挑 one person shoulders the whole responsibility
• 垫肩(墊肩) shoulder pad
• 比肩而事 to work together shoulder-to-shoulder
• 白肩黑鹮(白肩黑䴉) white-shouldered ibis (Pseudibis davisoni)
• 并肩前进(並肩前進) more forward shoulder-to-shoulder
• 肩负(肩負) to carry on the shoulder; to shoulder a load; to bear
• 肩膀 shoulder ; to be in charge
• 过肩摔(過肩摔) shoulder throw (judo)
• 踏肩 in succession
• 摩肩接踵 rubbing shoulders and following in each other's footsteps; a thronging crowd
• 携手并肩(攜手並肩) hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder
• 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
• 息肩 to put down one's burden; to retire
• 单肩包(單肩包) shoulder bag
• 肩胛骨 scapula; shoulder blade
• 凝肩 frozen shoulder
• 秀发垂肩(秀髮垂肩) beautiful shoulder length hair
• 及肩 to reach shoulder height
• 肩负重任(肩負重任) to shoulder a heavy responsibility
• 坎肩 sleeveless jacket (usually cotton); Chinese waistcoat
• 肩臂 arms
• 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
• 肩胛 shoulder; scapular region; scapula
• 肩带(肩帶) shoulder shoulder belt ; shoulder strap; shoulder harness
• 齊肩(齊肩) up to one's shoulder in height; equal in height
• 拱肩 a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)
• 肩头(肩頭) on one's shoulders; shoulder
• 一肩担戴(一肩擔戴) one person shoulders the whole responsibility
• 肩挑 carry over the shoulder

Also contained in

骈肩

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
• 卷九十八 志第五十一 禮一 Volume 98 Treatises 51: Rites 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 7
• 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
• 有司 第十七 17. The servant clearing the way The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 5
• 卷二百二十二下 列傳第一百四十七下 南蠻下 Volume 222c Biographies 147c: Southern Man 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — 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
• 切肩 (切肩) 切肩不傾 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第五 禮儀中 立夏 請雨 拜皇太子 拜王公 桃印 黃郊 立秋 貙劉 案戶 祠星 立冬 冬至 臘 大儺 土牛 遣衛士 朝會 Volume 95: Etiquette Part Two — count: 3
• 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