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jīn
HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. muscle
  2. 2. tendon
  3. 3. veins visible under the skin
  4. 4. sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1637796)

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Words Containing 筋

少根筋
shǎo gēn jīn

(coll.) dim-witted

后翻筋斗
hòu fān jīn dǒu

backward somersault

转筋
zhuàn jīn

muscle cramp

宗筋
zōng jīn

penis (Chinese medicine)

高筋面粉
gāo jīn miàn fěn

bread flour

钢筋水泥
gāng jīn shuǐ ní

reinforced concrete

脸红筋暴
liǎn hóng jīn bào

red and tense with anger (idiom)

筋斗云
jīn dǒu yún

Sun Wukong's magical cloud

横筋斗
héng jīn dǒu

cartwheel

筋节
jīn jié

lit. muscles and joints

面筋
miàn jīn

gluten

动脑筋
dòng nǎo jīn

to use one's brains

筋络
jīn luò

tendons and muscles

钢筋混凝土
gāng jīn hùn níng tǔ

reinforced concrete

一根筋
yī gēn jīn

stubborn

橡皮筋
xiàng pí jīn

rubber band

豆渣脑筋
dòu zhā nǎo jīn

idiot

筋疲力尽
jīn pí lì jìn

body weary, strength exhausted (idiom); extremely tired

中筋面粉
zhōng jīn miàn fěn

all-purpose flour

皮筋
pí jīn

rubber band

横翻筋斗
héng fān jīn dǒu

to turn cartwheels

配筋
pèi jīn

rebar (construction)

足底筋膜炎
zú dǐ jīn mó yán

plantar fasciitis (medicine)

牛筋草
niú jīn cǎo

wire grass (Eleusine indica)

伤筋动骨
shāng jīn dòng gǔ

to suffer serious injury (idiom)

跳皮筋
tiào pí jīn

to play rubber band jump rope

青筋
qīng jīn

veins

钢筋
gāng jīn

steel reinforcing bar

低筋面粉
dī jīn miàn fěn

low-gluten flour

马利筋
mǎ lì jīn

tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)

拉筋
lā jīn

stretching (exercise)

筋脉
jīn mài

veins

无筋面粉
wú jīn miàn fěn

wheat starch

筋骨
jīn gǔ

muscles and bones

手筋
shǒu jīn

flexor tendon (coll.)

脸红筋涨
liǎn hóng jīn zhǎng

red and tense with anger (idiom)

脑筋
nǎo jīn

brains

筋斗
jīn dǒu

tumble

栽筋斗
zāi jīn dǒu

to tumble

抽筋
chōu jīn

cramp

伤脑筋
shāng nǎo jīn

to be a real headache

翻筋斗
fān jīn dǒu

to tumble

伤筋断骨
shāng jīn duàn gǔ

to suffer serious injury (idiom)

猴皮筋
hóu pí jīn

(coll.) rubber band