Shoulder in Chinese
shoulder · HSK 6
肩膀
- 肩 shoulder
- 膀 shoulder
Counted with 个: 一个肩膀
他拍了拍我的肩膀。 He patted me on the shoulder.
Other ways to say shoulder
More words with 肩 or 膀
How do you say shoulder in Chinese?
Shoulder in Chinese is 肩膀 (jiān bǎng). You can also say 背 (bēi), 负担 (fù dān).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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