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脂

zhī

HSK 6 Character

What 脂 means

1. fat
2. rouge (cosmetics)
3. resin

Example sentences

• 切除这块肉的脂肪。
  Qiēchú zhè kuài ròu de zhīfáng.
  Trim the fat off the meat.
• 我不喜欢脂肪的饮食。
  Wǒ bù xǐhuan zhīfáng de yǐnshí.
  I don't like a fat diet.
• 汤姆的体脂率是7%。
  Tāngmǔ de tǐzhīlǜ shì qī pā.
  Tom has 7% body fat.
• 松木是一种富含树脂的木材。
  Pine is a resinous wood.

Words starting with 脂

• 脂肪zhī fángfat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)
• 脂粉zhī fěncosmetics
• 脂肪酸zhī fáng suānfatty acid
• 脂粉气zhī fěn qìfeminine quality; effeminate
• 脂蛋白zhī dàn báilipoprotein
• 脂质体zhī zhì tǐliposome (bilayer lipid vesicle)
• 脂肪团zhī fáng tuáncellulite
• 脂肪肝zhī fáng gānfatty liver
• 脂膏zhī gāofat; grease; riches
• 脂环烃zhī huán tīngalicyclic hydrocarbon (i.e. involving ring other than benzene ring)
• 脂酸zhī suānsee 脂肪酸
• 脂麻zhī mavariant of 芝麻

Words containing 脂

• 胭脂yān zhīrouge
• 油脂yóu zhīgrease; oil; fat
• 树脂shù zhīresin
• 血脂xuè zhīblood lipid
• 乳脂rǔ zhīcream; milk fat
• 低脂dī zhīlow fat
• 抽脂chōu zhīliposuction
• 采脂cǎi zhītree tapping
• 减脂jiǎn zhīto burn fat; to lose weight (through diet or exercise)
• 燃脂rán zhīto burn fat
• 矿脂kuàng zhīvaseline; same as 凡士林
• 糖脂táng zhīglycolipid
• 脱脂tuō zhīto remove fat; to skim (milk)
• 香脂xiāng zhībalsam; face cream
• 体脂tǐ zhībody fat
• 可可脂kě kě zhī(loanword) cocoa butter
• 植脂末zhí zhī mònon-dairy creamer powder
• 硬脂酸yìng zhī suānstearic acid; stearate
• 米脂县Mǐ zhī XiànMizhi, a county in Yulin City 榆林市
• 羊毛脂yáng máo zhīlanolin; wool oil
• 软脂酸ruǎn zhī suānpalmitic acid (chemistry)
• 代可可脂dài kě kě zhī(loanword) cocoa butter substitute
• 安息香脂ān xī xiāng zhībenzoinum; benzoin resin (used in TCM)
• 环氧树脂huán yǎng shù zhīepoxy resin (chemistry)

Characters built on 月

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

• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage
• 肌jī(bound form) flesh; muscle
• 臂bìarm
• 脊jǐ(bound form) spine; backbone; (bound form) ridge
• 膝xīknee
• 肢zhīlimb
• 胰yípancreas
• 脾píspleen

Characters that look like 脂

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

• 胎tāifetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding)
• 猫māocat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword; colloquial) modem
• 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 猖chāngferocious
• 胭yānrouge
• 绺liǔskein; tuft; lock

Sounds the same

Read zhī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 知to know; to be aware
• 支to support; to sustain; to erect
• 汁juice
• 织to weave; to knit
• 枝branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
• 肢limb
• 芝Zoysia pungens
• 吱(onomatopoeia) creaking or groaning
• 氏used in 月氏; used in 阏氏
• 祗respectful (ly)
• 只grain that has begun to ripen