SHOULDER  肩膀

JOINT BETWEEN TRUNK AND ARM.
Hypernym
  • JOINTBODY PART IN which BONES MEET AND CAN CHANGE POSITION IN-RELATION-TO MUTUAL:each other.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for the shoulder is jiān 肩.

NB: Bàng 膀 and jiǎ 胛 are post-Han words for the shoulder.

Modern Chinese Criteria
肩

肩膀

肩胛

肩頭

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.30

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    SHOULDER

    armus is the highest part of the upper arm in men; the fore-leg in beasts; the shoulder-blade, as part of the whole body.

    humerus refers to the specifically to the human shoulder.

    NB:

    ala and axilla refer to the cavity which is under the upper arm, the arm-pit.

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 8

  • A Russian-English Collocational Dictionary of the Human Body ( IORDANSKAJA 1996) p. 214

  • A Russian-English Collocational Dictionary of the Human Body ( IORDANSKAJA 1996) p. 265

Words

肩  jiān OC: keen MC: ken 18 Attributions

The standard word for the shoulder is jiān 肩.

    Syntactic words
  • nshoulder
  • n(post-N)one's shouldersCH
  • n(post-N)pluralone's shouldersCH
  • nadV(follow) shoulder to shoulderCH
  • nadVusing the shoulder; with the shoulder; on one's shouldersVK
胛  jiǎ OC: kraab MC: kɣap 0 Attributions

Bàng 膀 and jiǎ 胛are post-Han words for the shoulder.

    Syntactic words
  • npost-Han: shoulder blade
膀  páng OC: baaŋ MC: bɑŋ 0 Attributions

Bàng 膀 and jiǎ 胛are post-Han words for the shoulder.

    Syntactic words
  • npost-Han: shoulder

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: