"Wrist" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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CHARACTERS : Simplified Traditional

PHONETIC : Pinyin Bopomofo EFEO Wade-Giles Yale

手腕	shǒu wàn	wrist / trickery / finesse / ability / skill
腕子	wàn zi	wrist
手腕子	shǒu wàn zi	wrist
腕	wàn	wrist / (squid, starfish etc) arm
手脖子	shǒu bó zi	wrist (dialect)
手颈	shǒu jǐng	(dialect) wrist
气口	qì kǒu	location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
表	biǎo	wrist or pocket watch
虚腕	xū wàn	empty wrist (method of painting)
捥	wàn	to bend the wrist
寸口	cùn kǒu	location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
寸口脉	cùn kǒu mài	pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
寸脉	cùn mài	pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
手腕式指北针	shǒu wàn shì zhǐ běi zhēn	wrist compass
脉口	mài kǒu	location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
脉门	mài mén	inner side of the wrist, where the pulse is felt
腕隧道症候群	wàn suì dào zhèng hòu qún	carpal tunnel syndrome (pain in the hands due to pressure on the median nerve) / median neuropathy at the wrist
三手病	sān shǒu bìng	repetitive strain injury (resulting from frequent use of one's thumb, wrist etc)
经穴	jīng xué	acupuncture point (any point on any meridian) / category of 12 specific acupuncture points near the wrist or ankle, each lying on a different meridian (one of five categories collectively termed 五輸穴\|五输穴)