| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 瘦 | 瘦 | shòu | shou4 | thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive | ||
| 2 | 消瘦 | 消瘦 | xiāo shòu | xiao1 shou4 | to waste away; to become thin | ||
| 3 | 瘦弱 | 瘦弱 | shòu ruò | shou4 ruo4 | thin and weak | ||
| 4 | 瘦死的骆驼比马大 | 瘦死的駱駝比馬大 | shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà | shou4 si3 de5 luo4 tuo5 bi3 ma3 da4 | lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom); fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people; a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people | ||
| 5 | 削瘦 | 削瘦 | xuē shòu | xue1 shou4 | thin; lean; slender; skinny; (of cheeks) hollow | ||
| 6 | 瘦伶仃 | 瘦伶仃 | shòu líng dīng | shou4 ling2 ding1 | emaciated; scrawny | ||
| 7 | 周瘦鹃 | 周瘦鵑 | zhōu shòu juān | Zhou1 Shou4 juan1 | Zhou Shoujuan (1895-1968), writer, translator and art collector in Suzhou, a victim of the Cultural Revolution | ||
| 8 | 肥瘦 | 肥瘦 | féi shòu | fei2 shou4 | fat and thin | ||
| 9 | 肥瘦得中 | 肥瘦得中 | féi shòu dé zhōng | fei2 shou4 de2 zhong1 | good figure (neither too skinny nor too fat) (idiom) | ||
| 10 | 干瘦 | 乾瘦 | gān shòu | gan1 shou4 | wizened; skinny and shriveled | ||
| 11 | 瘦肉精 | 瘦肉精 | shòu ròu jīng | shou4 rou4 jing1 | leanness-enhancing agent (for livestock) | ||
| 12 | 高矮胖瘦 | 高矮胖瘦 | gāo ǎi pàng shòu | gao1 ai3 pang4 shou4 | one's physique (tall or short, thin or fat); stature | ||
| 13 | 骨瘦如柴 | 骨瘦如柴 | gǔ shòu rú chái | gu3 shou4 ru2 chai2 | variant of 骨瘦如柴 ; as thin as a match; emaciated (idiom) | ||
| 14 | 瘦骨如柴 | 瘦骨如柴 | shòu gǔ rú chái | shou4 gu3 ru2 chai2 | worn to a shadow; to be a bag of bones (idiom) | ||
| 15 | 瘦骨伶仃 | 瘦骨伶仃 | shòu gǔ líng dīng | shou4 gu3 ling2 ding1 | emaciated; scrawny | ||
| 16 | 瘦骨嶙峋 | 瘦骨嶙峋 | shòu gǔ lín xún | shou4 gu3 lin2 xun2 | skinny; emaciated (idiom) | ||
| 17 | 精瘦 | 精瘦 | jīng shòu | jing1 shou4 | (coll.) lean (figure, meat etc); slender | ||
| 18 | 瘦长 | 瘦長 | shòu cháng | shou4 chang2 | slim | ||
| 19 | 瘦巴巴 | 瘦巴巴 | shòu bā bā | shou4 ba1 ba1 | thin; scrawny; emaciated | ||
| 20 | 骨瘦形销 | 骨瘦形銷 | gǔ shòu xíng xiāo | gu3 shou4 xing2 xiao1 | to become greatly emaciated (idiom) | ||
| 21 | 癯瘦 | 癯瘦 | qú shòu | qu2 shou4 | thin; emaciated | ||
| 22 | 清瘦 | 清瘦 | qīng shòu | qing1 shou4 | meager | ||
| 23 | 面黄肌瘦 | 面黃肌瘦 | miàn huáng jī shòu | mian4 huang2 ji1 shou4 | yellow face, emaciated body (idiom); malnourished and sickly in appearance | ||
| 24 | 梅花骨瘦 | 梅花骨瘦 | méi huā gǔ shòu | mei2 hua1 gu3 shou4 | thin and emaciated (idiom) | ||
| 25 | 绿肥红瘦 | 綠肥紅瘦 | lǜ féi hóng shòu | lu:4 fei2 hong2 shou4 | devastated condition of a flower garden after a rainstorm (idiom) |
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