手抽筋

shǒu chōujīn

phrase

Meanings

1 hand cramp
2 to have a cramp in one's hand

Characters

to contract, pull

Examples

HSK 3

打字太久容易手抽筋。

Dǎzì tài jiǔ róngyì shǒu chōujīn.

Typing for too long easily gives you hand cramps.

HSK 7-9

写了一天字，我的手都抽筋了。

Xiě le yì tiān zì, wǒ de shǒu dōu chōujīn le.

After writing all day, my hand is cramping.

HSK 7-9

他笑着说被孩子磨得手抽筋。

Tā xiào zhe shuō bèi háizi mó de shǒu chōujīn.

He laughed and said the kid wore him down until his hand cramped.

Tips

usage

抽筋 on its own covers any cramp; prefix a body part (手/脚/小腿) to specify where. Semi-literal when the cramp is real; often hyperbolic ('writer's cramp from texting') online.

Stroke Order

手 shǒu

抽 chōu

筋 jīn