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

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

(literally) to lose weight; to slim down
(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)

hanja form^? of 수신