瘦身

See also: 痩身

Chinese

		tight; thin; lean	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (瘦身)		瘦	身
simp. #(瘦身)		瘦	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shòushēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau³ san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sò-sin / sò͘-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shòushēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shòushen
    • Wade–Giles: shou⁴-shên¹
    • Yale: shòu-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showshen
    • Palladius: шоушэнь (šoušɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau³ san¹
    • Yale: sau sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau³ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo³ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³³ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò-sin
    • Tâi-lô: sò-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soirsyn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /so⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘-sin
    • Tâi-lô: sòo-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sorsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/

Verb

瘦身

1. (literally) to lose weight; to slim down
2. (figurative, colloquial) to streamline; to trim; to remove what is not needed; to eliminate the nonessential

Synonyms

• (to lose weight): 減肥／减肥 (jiǎnféi)
• (to streamline): 減肥／减肥 (jiǎnféi)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to lose weight”): 發胖／发胖 (fāpàng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瘦	身
そう Jinmeiyō	しん Grade: 3
kan’on	on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 瘦身 – see the following entry.

【痩身そうしん】 [noun] weight loss done for cosmetic reasons [noun] a slim figure

(This term, 瘦身, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
瘦	身

Noun

瘦身 • (susin) (hangeul 수신)

1. Hanja form^? of 수신.