筋 meaning in English

jīn

muscle; tendon

HSK 7-9noun12 strokes

Meaning of 筋

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

筋 in example sentences

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

Tom工gōng作zuò了le一yī天tiān,感gǎn到dào筋jīn疲pí力lì尽jìn。
Tom worked all day and was completely worn out.
真zhēn伤shāng脑nǎo筋jīn。
It really is a headache.
我wǒ刚gāng刚gāng腿tuǐ又yòu抽chōu筋jīn了le,痛tòng死sǐ我wǒ了le。
I just got another leg cramp and it hurts like hell.
他tā们men告gào诉sù我wǒ他tā们men筋jīn疲pí力lì尽jìn了le。
They told me they were worn out.
她tā因yīn过guò度dù的de工gōng作zuò而ér筋jīn疲pí力lì尽jìn。
She was worn out from overwork.

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筋 jīn · muscle · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 筋.

脑筋nǎojīnbrains; mind
伤脑筋shāng nǎojīnto be a real headache; to find sth a real headache
抽筋chōujīncramp; charley horse
筋疲力尽jīnpílìjìnbody weary, strength exhausted (idiom); extremely tired; spent
钢筋gāngjīnsteel reinforcing bar
动脑筋dòngnǎojīnto use one's brains; to think
筋骨jīngǔmuscles and bones; physique

Questions about 筋

What does 筋 mean?

筋 (jīn) means "muscle; tendon" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 筋?

筋 is made of 1 character: 筋 (12 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 筋 an HSK word?

Yes. 筋 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.