并肩 meaning in English

bìngjiān

alongside; shoulder to shoulder

Traditional 並肩14 strokes

Meaning of 并肩

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bìngjiān
  1. alongside
  2. shoulder to shoulder
  3. side by side
  4. abreast

并肩 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

两liǎng人rén并bìng肩jiān站zhàn在zài一yì起qǐ。
These two are standing abreast.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

并 bìng · and · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

肩 jiān · shoulder · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 并肩.

并且bìngqiěand; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition
合并hébìngto merge; to annex
并非bìngfēireally isn't
肩膀jiānbǎngshoulder
相提并论xiāngtí-bìnglùnto discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms; to place on a
肩负jiānfùto shoulder (a burden); to bear
并购bìnggòumerger and acquisition (M and A); acquisition
并列bìnglièto stand side by side; to be juxtaposed
并行bìngxíngto proceed in parallel; side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc)
并未bìngwèi(used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...
并肩作战bìngjiānzuòzhàn(idiom) to fight side by side; (by extension) to join forces
披肩pījiāncape; shawl

Questions about 并肩

What does 并肩 mean?

并肩 (bìngjiān) means "alongside; shoulder to shoulder".

How do you write 并肩?

并肩 is made of 2 characters: 并 (6 strokes), 肩 (8 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

How is 并肩 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 并肩 is written 並肩.