| 筋 | 1369C25 92A.50-1 | 部居  | 畫數 12 | ㄐㄧㄣ [jin1] | ||
| N. | (1) Muscles, muscular strength; tendons: 筋肉 [jin1rou4], 筋絡 [jin1luo4]↓; 銅筋鐵骨 tough and strong as iron and steel; 抽筋 (have) convulsions, cramps; 筋疲力盡 (竭) utterly exhausted, dead tired. (2) Veins as seen from outside. (3) Fibers of plants. | |||||
| Words | 1. 筋斗 [jin1dou3], n., a somersault (also 觔斗，金斗，跟頭): 翻筋斗 to turn a somersault; 栽筋斗 ditto, to trip, stumble, (fig.) fail miserably in business, politics or any other pursuit (“fall from on high”). 2. 筋豆 [jin1dou4], adj., (of food) tough and hard to chew. 3. 筋疙  [jin1ge1da0], n., scrofula.4. 筋骨 [jin1gu3], n., a person’s physique (“bones and sinews”): 他很有筋骨 he's tough, hardy; 筋骨疼 rheumatic pains. 5. 筋節 [jin1jie2], n., (1) muscles and joints; n., (2) (of compositions) proper arrangement of ideas and phrasing: 有筋節 forceful (writing): 筋節兒 [jin1jie0er0], adv., just right, properly, fittingly: 這鍋炖肉是筋節兒了 this pot of stewed meat is well done; n., 這話正說到筋節兒上 you've hit the nail right on the head. 6. 筋力 [jin1li4], n., manual work, physical labor. 7. 筋絡 [jin1luo4], n., tendons and veins. 8. 筋肉 [jin1rou4], n., muscles. 9. 筋書 [jin1shu1], n., a style of calligraphy characterized by sinuous strokes. 10. 筋頭（麻腦） [jin1tou2], n., part of meat too tough to eat. 11. 筋炎 [jin1yan2], n., neuritis, muscle tenderness. | |||||