Definition
筋 (jīn) refers to tendons, sinews, and visible veins — the fibrous, non-muscle tissue under the skin. 肌肉 (jīròu) means 'muscle', the flesh that contracts for movement. 筋 also describes tough fibers in meat or vegetables.
noun
tendonsinewvisible vein (especially when bulging under skin)tough fiber or sinew in meat or vegetables
Easily confused
- 第dìlook-alike(prefix) used before a number to form ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.)
- 进jìnsound-aliketo enter, to go in
- 算suànlook-aliketo calculate, compute; to figure (out)
- 尽jìnsound-alike(verb) to use up, to exhaust, to finish
- 尽jǐnsound-alike(adverb) to the greatest extent, as much as possible
- 近jìnsound-alikenear; close (in distance or time)
- 紧jǐnsound-alike(adjective) tight, tight-fitting (of clothes, shoes, etc.)
- 仅jǐnsound-alikeonly; merely; barely
- 劲jìnsound-alikestrength; energy
- 斤jīnsound-alike(classifier) Chinese unit of weight, equal to 500 g in mainland China (regional variations exist)
Examples
- 筋，。Tā yùndòng qián yào xiān lā jīn, bùrán róngyì shòushāng.He needs to stretch his tendons before exercise, or he'll easily get injured.
- 筋。Yéye de shǒu shàng jīn dōu tū chūlái le.The veins on Grandpa's hand are bulging out.
- 筋，。Zhè kuài niúròu jīn tài duō, yǎo bu dòng.This piece of beef has too many sinews; I can't bite through it.
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