| 肩 | jiān | shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc) |
| 肩膀 | jiān bǎng | shoulder |
| 并肩 | bìng jiān | alongside; shoulder to shoulder; side by side; abreast |
| 肩负 | jiān fù | to shoulder (a burden); to bear; to suffer (a disadvantage) |
| 肩带 | jiān dài | shoulder strap; shoulder harness; shoulder belt; baldric; CL:条 |
| 仔肩 | zī jiān | to bear responsibility for sth |
| 卸肩儿 | xiè jiānr | lit. a weight off one's shoulders; fig. to resign a post; to lay down a burden; to be relieved of a job |
| 单肩包 | dān jiān bāo | shoulder bag |
| 坎肩 | kǎn jiān | sleeveless jacket (usually cotton); Chinese waistcoat |
| 坎肩儿 | kǎn jiānr | erhua variant of 坎肩, sleeveless jacket (usually cotton); Chinese waistcoat |
| 垫肩 | diàn jiān | shoulder pad |
| 披肩 | pī jiān | cape; shawl; (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders |
| 拱肩 | gǒng jiān | a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches) |
| 挨肩儿 | āi jiānr | in rapid succession (of children, close in age); shoulder-to-shoulder |
| 搭肩 | dā jiān | to help lift up onto one's shoulders; to stand on sb's shoulder |
| 摩肩接踵 | mó jiān jiē zhǒng | lit. rubbing shoulders and following in each other's footsteps; a thronging crowd |
| 擦肩而过 | cā jiān ér guò | brief encounter; to brush past sb |
| 携手并肩 | xié shǒu bìng jiān | hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder |
| 比肩 | bǐ jiān | to be shoulder to shoulder; to be on an equal level with |
| 秀发垂肩 | xiù fà chuí jiān | beautiful shoulder length hair (idiom) |
| 耸肩 | sǒng jiān | to shrug one's shoulders |
| 肩并肩 | jiān bìng jiān | shoulder to shoulder; abreast; side by side |
| 肩射导弹 | jiān shè dǎo dàn | shoulder-fired missile |
| 肩胛骨 | jiān jiǎ gǔ | scapula; shoulder blade |
| 肩膊 | jiān bó | shoulder |
| 肩起 | jiān qǐ | to bear; to shoulder (responsibilities etc) |
| 骈肩 | pián jiān | shoulder to shoulder |
| 齐肩 | qí jiān | up to one's shoulder in height; equal height (of two) |