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抽筋 (cau1 gan1) — cramp, convulsion, jerkiness, spasm, tic, twitch; a charley horse in Cantonese

cauˉ¹抽ganˉ¹筋
Mandarin Pinyin: chou1 jin1

Meaning of 抽筋

nouncramp, convulsion, jerkiness, spasm, tic, twitch; a charley horse
noun(noun) 1. spasm; (slang) unbearable (e.g. heat, etc.)

Example Sentences with 抽筋

keoiˏ₅佢paauˊ²跑jyunˎ₄完cauˉ¹抽ganˉ¹筋
He cramped after running.
ngoˏ₅我zek˗₃隻goek˗₃腳cauˉ¹抽ganˉ¹筋
My leg cramped.
bun˗₃半jeˍ₆夜goek˗₃腳cauˉ¹抽ganˉ¹筋
Leg cramps in the middle of the night.
jauˎ₄游seoiˊ²水cauˉ¹抽ganˉ¹筋dimˊ²點syun˗₃算
What to do if you cramp while swimming?
jitˍ₆熱sanˉ¹身mˎ₄唔gau˗₃夠cauˉ¹抽ganˉ¹筋
Cramped from insufficient warm-up.
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Characters in 抽筋

抽cau1
smoke (cigarettes, etc.)
筋gan1
veins that stand out under the skin

Words Containing 抽筋

抽筋菜cau1 gan1 coi3
water spinach; Chinese spinach
抽筋性的cau1 gan1 sing3 dik1
jerky; convulsive; cramped; spasmodic
抽筋的cau1 gan1 dik1
convulsionary, convulsive, cramped, jerky, spasmodic, spastic
悶到抽筋mun6 dou3 cau1 gan1
so bored that one gets cramp

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