抽筋

Chinese

		to draw out; to smoke (cigarettes); to pump	muscle
trad. (抽筋)		抽	筋
simp. #(抽筋)		抽	筋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chōujīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹ gan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhû-kîn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thiu-kun / thiu-kin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiu¹ geng¹

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): chou¹ jin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chōujīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: choujin
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou¹-chin¹
    • Yale: chōu-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choujin
    • Palladius: чоуцзинь (čouczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (抽筋兒／抽筋儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chōujīnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡ ㄐㄧㄣㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: choujinr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou¹-chin¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: chōu-jīnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choujiel
    • Palladius: чоуцзиньр (čouczinʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕiə̯ɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau¹ gan¹
    • Yale: chāu gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhû-kîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu^ˊ gin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu¹ gin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ kin²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiu-kun
    • Tâi-lô: thiu-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiu'kwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ kun⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiu-kin
    • Tâi-lô: thiu-kin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiu'kyn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ kin⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiu¹ geng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiu kṳng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiu³³⁻²³ kɯŋ³³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: chou¹ jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯³³ t͡ɕin³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sʰəu̯³³ t͡ɕin³³/

Verb

抽筋

1. to get a cramp
2. (historical) to pull someone's tendons as a form of torture

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 抽筋 (“to get a cramp”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		抽筋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	抽筋兒
	Taiwan	抽筋
	Chengde	抽筋兒, 轉筋
	Chifeng	抽筋兒, 轉筋
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	轉筋
	Heihe	抽筋, 轉筋
	Qiqihar	抽筋
	Harbin	抽筋兒
	Jiamusi	抽筋, 轉筋
	Baicheng	抽筋, 轉筋
	Changchun	抽筋
	Tonghua	轉筋
	Shenyang	抽筋兒, 轉筋
	Jinzhou	抽筋兒, 轉筋
	Singapore	抽筋
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	抽筋兒
	Tangshan	抽筋, 轉筋
	Cangzhou	抽筋
	Baoding	抽筋兒
	Shijiazhuang	抽筋
	Lijin	抽筋兒
	Jinan	抽筋兒, 抽筋, 轉筋
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	抽筋兒
	Dandong	抽筋, 轉筋
	Yantai	抽筋兒
	Yantai (Muping)	抽兒筋兒
	Qingdao	抽筋兒
	Zhucheng	轉筋兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	轉筋
	Lingbao	抽筋
	Jining	抽筋, 轉筋
	Wanrong	筋兒滾
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	筋滾嘮槽
	Shangqiu	抽筋, 轉筋
	Yuanyang	抽筋
	Zhengzhou	就筋
	Xinyang	抽筋
	Baihe	抽筋
	Xi'an	轉筋, 抽筋
	Baoji	抽筋
	Tianshui	抽筋, 轉筋
	Xining	轉筋
	Xuzhou	轉筋兒, 轉筋, 抽筋兒, 抽筋, 擰筋
	Fuyang	抽筋
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	轉筋, 抽筋
	Lanzhou	抽筋, 轉筋
	Dunhuang	轉筋
	Hami	抽筋
	Ürümqi	抽筋兒, 抽筋, 轉筋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	抽筋, 轉筋
	Nanchong	抽筋
	Dazhou	轉筋
	Hanyuan	轉筋
	Xichang	轉筋
	Zigong	抽筋, 轉筋
	Chongqing	轉筋
	Wuhan	抽筋, 轉筋
	Yichang	抽筋
	Xiangyang	抽筋
	Tianmen	搐筋, 犟筋
	Guiyang	抽筋
	Zunyi	抽筋
	Bijie	抽筋, 轉筋
	Liping	縮筋
	Zhaotong	轉筋
	Dali	轉筋
	Kunming	抽筋, 轉筋
	Mengzi	轉筋
	Guilin	抽筋
	Liuzhou	扯筋, 抽筋
	Jishou	縮筋
	Changde	抽筋
	Hanzhong	抽筋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	抽筋
	Yangzhou	抽筋
	Lianyungang	抽筋
	Lianshui	抽筋, 就筋
	Nantong	抽筋
	Anqing	抽筋
	Wuhu	抽筋, 轉筋
	Hefei	抽筋
	Hong'an	搐筋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	抽筋
	Hong Kong	抽筋
	Dongguan	抽筋
Gan	Lichuan	抽筋, 轉筋
Hakka	Meixian	發選筋, 發剪筋, 發牢痂記
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	勼筋
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	勼筋
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	勼筋
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	勼筋
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	勼筋
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	勼筋
Huizhou	Jixi	抽筋
	Shexian	轉筋
Jin	Taiyuan	抽筋, 轉筋
	Yangyuan	背筋
	Datong	轉筋
	Xinzhou	抽筋
	Lüliang (Lishi)	抽筋, 轉筋
	Changzhi	轉筋
	Linhe	轉筋
	Jining	轉筋
	Hohhot	轉筋
	Erenhot	抽筋
	Pingshan	轉筋
	Zhangjiakou	抽筋
	Handan	轉筋
	Linzhou	雞叫筋兒
	Suide	轉筋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	抽筋
Southern Min	Xiamen	掬筋, 糾筋, 𧺤筋
	Quanzhou	掬筋, 𧺤筋
	Zhangzhou	掬筋, 糾筋
	Tainan	糾筋
	Shantou	抽筋
	Leizhou	搐筋
	Haikou	抽筋
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	抽筋
Wu	Danyang	別筋
	Hangzhou	抽筋
	Ningbo	抽筋
	Wenzhou	抽筋
	Jinhua	抽筋

Derived terms

• 悶到抽筋／闷到抽筋
• 抽筋菜