耸肩

聳肩
sǒngjiān
verb #23,393

Meanings

  1. 1 to shrug one's shoulders

Examples

Tā wúnài de sǒng le sǒng jiān, méiyǒu huídá.
He shrugged helplessly and gave no answer.
Tā sǒngjiān biǎoshì zìjǐ bù zhīdào fāshēng le shénme.
She shrugged to indicate she didn't know what had happened.

Tips

usage
耸肩 is often reduplicated as 耸肩 to describe a single, brief shrug gesture. It conveys indifference, helplessness, or 'I don't know' — the same as its English equivalent. The verb (sǒng) means to raise or hunch up.

Stroke Order

sǒng
jiān