The Chinese word for to shrug is
耸肩
sǒng jiān
Chinese Definition
| shrug | |
| 1. 耸肩 | |
| Components | |
| 耸 | |
| 1. Variant of 聳 | |
| 肩 | |
| 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 |
Translations for 肩 and their definitions
| 聳 | |
| 1. urge on | |
| 2. rise up; raise up | |
| 3. erect | |
| 4. to reward | |
| 5. to scare; to frighten | |
| 6. lofty |
| 耸 | |
| 1. Variant of 聳 |
| 聳肩 | |
| 1. v. to shrug one's shoulders |
| 耸肩 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 聳肩 |
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sǒng jiān
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