sǒng
jiān

common
verb

Meaning of 耸肩

耸肩 means to shrug one's shoulders (slightly raising them to indicate contempt, doubt, surprise, helplessness, etc.). Pronounced sǒng jiān.

  • to shrug one's shoulders (slightly raising them to indicate contempt, doubt, surprise, helplessness, etc.)

Definitions & Examples

sǒng
le
sǒng
jiān
 
xiàn
chū
jiě
de
shén
qíng
 

He shrugged his shoulders, showing a look of incomprehension.

Duì
de
wèn
 
zhǐ
shì
sǒng
sǒng
jiān
 
shén
me
méi
shuō
 

Regarding my question, he just shrugged and said nothing.

sǒng
sǒng
jiān
 
biǎo
shì
duì
háo
zài
hu
 

She shrugged her shoulders, indicating that she didn't care about it at all.

Tīng
dào
zhè
guài
de
xiāo
xi
 
men
dōu
sǒng
le
sǒng
jiān
 

Hearing this strange news, we all shrugged.

Measure Words

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