贅肉

See also: 赘肉

Chinese

		superfluous	meat; flesh
trad. (贅肉)		贅	肉
simp. (赘肉)		赘	肉
anagram		肉贅／肉赘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuìròu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ juk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuìròu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuèiròu
    • Wade–Giles: chui⁴-jou⁴
    • Yale: jwèi-ròu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jueyrow
    • Palladius: чжуйжоу (čžujžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi⁶ juk⁶
    • Yale: jeuih yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²² jʊk̚²/

Noun

贅肉

1. excess fat on one's body; flab; bulge

Japanese

Kanji in this term
贅	肉
ぜい Hyōgaiji	にく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
ぜい肉

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 贅肉／赘肉 (dzui? nyuwk, literally “excess + flesh, meat”). Compare modern Cantonese reading zeoi⁶ juk⁶.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜーにく [zèéníkú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ze̞ːɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

贅(ぜい)肉(にく) • (zeiniku) 

1. excess fat on one's body, flab, bulge