Chinese symbol for “jerk”
痉挛
jìng luán
Traditional: 痙攣
to jerk; to contort; spasm; convulsion
The closest CC-CEDICT match for jerk is 痉挛 (jìng luán), defined as: to jerk; to contort; spasm; convulsion.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “jerk”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 猪头 (豬頭) | zhū tóu | pig head; (coll.) fool |
| 杂碎 (雜碎) | zá sui | offal; cooked minced offal |
| 渣男 | zhā nán | (coll.) jerk; scumbag (esp. in romantic relationships) |
| 衰人 | shuāi rén | loser; jerk |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 痉挛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 气管痉挛 (氣管痙攣) | qì guǎn jìng luán | breathing convulsions (as in asthma); tracheospasm |
| 热痉挛 (熱痙攣) | rè jìng luán | heat cramps |
| 痛性痉挛 (痛性痙攣) | tòng xìng jìng luán | (muscle) cramp |
| 解痉剂 (解痙劑) | xiè jìng jì | antispasmodic (pharm.) |
| 镇痉剂 (鎮痙劑) | zhèn jìng jì | antispasmodic (pharmacology) |
| 挛缩 (攣縮) | luán suō | (medicine) (verb and noun) contracture |
| 拘挛 (拘攣) | jū luán | cramps; muscular spasm |
| 拘挛儿 (拘攣兒) | jū luán r | erhua variant of 拘挛 (jū luán) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “jerk”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.