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膊 bó shoulder

shoulder; upper arm

How to remember 膊: 月 meat + 尃 to announce = shoulder. The butcher lifts a side of meat and turns to announce the price, the whole weight resting on his shoulder.

  • 2,440. most frequent character
  • HSK 4
  • 14 strokes
  • Radical 肉

Component breakdown

膊 = 月 meat + 尃 to announce

  • 月 meat
  • 尃 to announce
The Gushi story

The butcher lifts a side of meat and turns to announce the price, the whole weight resting on his shoulder.

How it is used

  • Bound; the upper arm/shoulder. Occurs almost only in 胳膊 (gēbo), the everyday word for "arm."
  • On its own it doesn't stand as a word - learn it as half of 胳膊.
  • 赤膊 (chìbó) = bare-chested/shirtless is a rarer compound using its "shoulder/upper body" sense.

Words with 膊

Example sentences

  • 他们向右甩胳膊。 Tāmen xiàngyòu shuǎi gēbo.They swing their arms to the right.