肩

jiān · jian

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. shoulder
  2. to shoulder (responsibilities etc)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)感(gǎn)觉(jué)有(yǒu)人(rén)拍(pāi)了(le)拍(pāi)我(wǒ)的(de)肩(jiān)。

I felt somebody pat me on the shoulder.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)每(měi)天(tiān)用(yòng)肩(jiān)扛(káng)着(zhe)工(gōng)具(jù)去(qù)工(gōng)地(dì)干(gàn)活(huó)。

Every day he carries his tools on his shoulder to the construction site to work.

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