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The Chinese word for shoulder is
肩膀

jiān bǎng



shoulder

Chinese Definition


Components
     1. shoulders
           扛 兩 百 斤 麥子 走 十里 山路 不 換 肩 - Shoulder 100kg of wheat and walk 5km of mountain trail without swapping shoulder.
     2. to shoulder; to undertake; to take on
     3. to bear
     1. upper arm; shoulder
     2. wing
     3. Only used in 膀胱
     4. (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial) swollen; puffed
           那nèi.個 人 臉 都 膀pāng 了。 - That person's face is swollen.
     5. Only used in 吊膀子 (, 膀子吊)



Translations for and their definitions

     1. shoulders
           扛 兩 百 斤 麥子 走 十里 山路 不 換 肩 - Shoulder 100kg of wheat and walk 5km of mountain trail without swapping shoulder.
     2. to shoulder; to undertake; to take on
     3. to bear


肩膀
     1. shoulder



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jiān bǎng

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