肩扛

jiānkáng

verb

Meanings

1 to carry on one's shoulder
2 to shoulder (a load)

Characters

to carry on the shoulder

Examples

HSK 6

工人肩扛着一袋大米走进仓库。

Gōngrén jiānkáng zhe yī dài dàmǐ zǒujìn cāngkù.

The worker carried a sack of rice on his shoulder into the warehouse.

HSK 7-9

他肩扛重任，毫无怨言。

Tā jiānkáng zhòngrèn, háowú yuànyán.

He shouldered heavy responsibility without a word of complaint.

Tips

usage

Used both literally (carrying objects) and figuratively (shouldering duties: 肩扛重任). 扛 is pronounced káng for 'carry on shoulder' but gāng in classical compounds like 力能扛鼎 ('strong enough to lift a cauldron').

Stroke Order

肩 jiān

扛 káng