Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- gōng
English
- forearm
- upper arm
- arm
Variants
Words containing 肱
- 股肱gu2 gwang1
trusted aide
- 肱骨gwang1 gwat1
humerus
- 肱二頭肌gwang1 ji6 tau4 gei1
bicipital muscle
- 曲肱而枕kuk1 gwang1 ji4 zam3
lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom)
- 三折肱saam1 zit3 gwang1
(lit.) break one's arm three times (to become a good doctor); (fig.) extensive experience (esp. gained through repeated hardship)
- 手踭肱sau2 zaang1 gwang1
- 肱三頭肌gwang1 saam1 tau4 gei1
triceps brachii (back of the upper arm)
- 三折肱為良醫saam1 zit3 gwang1 wai4 loeng4 ji1
(lit.) break one's arm three times to become a good doctor (idiom)