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瘦

shòu

HSK 3 Character

What 瘦 means

1. thin
2. to lose weight
3. (of clothing) tight
4. (of meat) lean
5. (of land) unproductive

Example sentences

• 她很瘦。
  She's skinny.
• 你很瘦。
  You are skinny.
• 你不瘦。
  You are not thin.
• 你瘦了吗？
  Did you lose weight?
• 她太瘦了。
  She was so thin.
• 她是这么的瘦
  Tā shì zhème de shòu
  She was so thin.

Words starting with 瘦

• 瘦小shòu xiǎoslightly-built; petite
• 瘦弱shòu ruòthin and weak
• 瘦削shòu xuēslim
• 瘦肉shòu ròulean meat
• 瘦子shòu zithin person
• 瘦长shòu chángslim
• 瘦身shòu shēnto lose weight (intentionally); to slim down; (fig.) to downsize (a business, project etc)
• 瘦巴巴shòu bā bāthin; scrawny; emaciated
• 瘦肉精shòu ròu jīngleanness-enhancing agent (for livestock)
• 瘦骨棱棱shòu gǔ léng léngbony; skinny
• 瘦伶仃shòu líng dīngemaciated; scrawny
• 瘦骨伶仃shòu gǔ líng dīng(idiom) emaciated; scrawny
• 瘦骨嶙峋shòu gǔ lín xúnskinny; emaciated (idiom)
• 瘦死的骆驼比马大shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dàlit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)…

Words containing 瘦

• 消瘦xiāo shòuto waste away; to become thin
• 清瘦qīng shòumeager
• 干瘦gān shòuwizened; skinny and shriveled
• 精瘦jīng shòu(colloquial) lean (figure, meat etc); slender
• 骨瘦如柴gǔ shòu rú chái(idiom) as thin as a match; emaciated
• 削瘦xuē shòuthin; lean; slender
• 暴瘦bào shòuto lose weight dramatically
• 纤瘦xiān shòuslender; slim as a thread
• 面黄肌瘦miàn huáng jī shòu(lit.) face yellow and body emaciated (idiom); (fig.) malnourished and sickly in…
• 挑肥拣瘦tiāo féi jiǎn shòu(idiom) to cherry-pick; to pick the best parts for oneself; to be choosy
• 高矮胖瘦gāo ǎi pàng shòuone's physique (tall or short, thin or fat); stature
• 周瘦鹃Zhōu Shòu juānZhou Shoujuan (1895-1968), writer, translator and art collector in Suzhou, a victim of…
• 癯瘦qú shòuthin; emaciated
• 骨瘦如豺gǔ shòu rú cháivariant of 骨瘦如柴

Characters built on 叟

These share the phonetic component 叟 (sǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 搜sōuto search; variant of 搜
• 艘sōuclassifier for ships; Taiwan pr. sāo
• 馊sōurancid; soured (as food)
• 嗖sōu(onomatopoeia) whooshing; swishing; rustle of skirts
• 飕sōuto blow (as of wind); sound of wind; sough
• 锼sōuto engrave (metal of wood)
• 螋sōuused in 蠼螋
• 溲sōuto urinate

Characters that look like 瘦

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 瘤liútumor
• 榄lǎn(bound form) olive
• 膛táng(bound form) hollow space
• 痰tánphlegm; spittle
• 缦mànplain thin silk; slow; unadorned
• 蓿xùclover; lucerne; Taiwan pr. sù

Sounds the same

Read shòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 受to receive; to accept; to suffer
• 授(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
• 售(bound form) to sell; to retail; (literary) to carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
• 寿long life; old age; age
• 兽beast; animal; beastly
• 狩to hunt; to go hunting (as winter sport in former times); hunting dog
• 绶cord on a seal
• 夀old variant of 寿