減肥
See also: 减肥
Chinese
to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish |
fat; fertile; loose-fitting | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (減肥) | 減 | 肥 | |
| simp. (减肥) | 减 | 肥 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiám-pûi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnféi
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄟˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnféi
- Wade–Giles: chien3-fei2
- Yale: jyǎn-féi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanfeir
- Palladius: цзяньфэй (czjanʹfɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gaam2 fei4
- Yale: gáam fèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaam2 fei4
- Guangdong Romanization: gam2 féi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaːm³⁵ fei̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: gam2 fei3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kam⁵⁵ fei²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám-pûi
- Tâi-lô: kiám-puî
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiafmpuii
- IPA (Xiamen): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pui²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pui²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pui¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pui²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pui²³/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
減⫽肥 (verb-object)
- (literally) to lose weight; to slim down
- (figurative, colloquial) to streamline; to trim; to remove what is not needed; to eliminate the nonessential
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “to lose weight”): 發胖／发胖 (fāpàng) (when not on purpose); 增肥 (zēngféi) (when on purpose)