筋
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

筋

jīn

muscle

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

muscle

02

tendon

03

veins visible under the skin

04

sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 筋

What does 筋 mean in Chinese?

筋 (jīn) means muscle.

How do you pronounce 筋?

筋 is pronounced jīn.

Is 筋 an HSK word?

筋 is on the HSK 7-9 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

What part of speech is 筋?

筋 is used as a 名词 (noun) in Chinese.

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