跟腱

gēnjiàn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Achilles tendon

Examples

HSK 5
Tā dǎ lánqiú shí gēnjiàn duàn le.
He ruptured his Achilles tendon playing basketball.
HSK 5
Pǎobù qián duō lāshēn xiǎotuǐ, kěyǐ jiǎnqīng gēnjiàn de fùdān.
Stretching your calves more before a run eases the load on your Achilles tendons.

Tips

memory
跟 "heel", as in 高跟鞋 high heels, + 腱 "tendon": the heel tendon, the thickest tendon in the body. A rupture is 跟腱断裂, a classic injury in basketball and badminton.

Stroke Order

跟 gēn
腱 jiàn