贅肉

See also: 赘肉

Chinese

superfluous meat; flesh
trad. (贅肉)
simp. (赘肉)
anagram 肉贅肉赘

Pronunciation


Noun

贅肉

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぜい
Hyōgai
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) ーにく [zèéníkú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ze̞ːɲ̟ikɯ̟]

Noun

(ぜい)(にく) • (zeiniku

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

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN