瘦削

Chinese

		tight; thin; lean	to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down) to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down); to scrape
trad. (瘦削)		瘦	削
simp. #(瘦削)		瘦	削

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shòuxuē, shòuxuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄩㄝ, ㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau³ soek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shòuxuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shòusyue
    • Wade–Giles: shou⁴-hsüeh¹
    • Yale: shòu-sywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showshiue
    • Palladius: шоусюэ (šousjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shòuxuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shòusyuè
    • Wade–Giles: shou⁴-hsüeh⁴
    • Yale: shòu-sywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showshiueh
    • Palladius: шоусюэ (šousjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau³ soek³
    • Yale: sau seuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau³ soek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo³ sêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³³ sœːk̚³/

Adjective

瘦削

1. slim; skinny; gaunt; lean

   兒子很瘦削，說屁股癢，是不是有蟲了？ [MSC, trad.]
   儿子很瘦削，说屁股痒，是不是有虫了？ [MSC, simp.]

   Érzi hěn shòuxuē, shuō pìgu yǎng, shìbùshì yǒu chóng le? [Pinyin]

   (My) son's gotten skinny, says his bottom is itchy, has he got worms?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瘦 (“thin; skinny (a person or animal)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		瘠, 瘦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瘦, 消瘦, 清瘦, 瘦削, 清癯
Mandarin	Beijing	瘦
	Taiwan	瘦
	Harbin	瘦
	Yantai (Muping)	瘦
	Jinan	瘦
	Luoyang	瘦
	Wanrong	瘦
	Xi'an	瘦
	Yinchuan	瘦
	Xining	瘦
	Ürümqi	瘦
	Wuhan	瘦
	Chengdu	瘦
	Guiyang	瘦, 單精
	Guilin	瘦
	Liuzhou	瘦
	Xuzhou	瘦
	Yangzhou	瘦
	Nanjing	瘦
	Hefei	瘦
	Malaysia	瘦
	Singapore	瘦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瘦, 瘦削
	Hong Kong	瘦, 瘦削
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	瘦
	Macau	瘦
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	瘦
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	瘦
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	瘦
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	瘦
	Foshan	瘦
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	瘦
	Foshan (Shunde)	瘦
	Foshan (Sanshui)	瘦
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	瘦
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	瘦
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	瘦
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	瘦
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	瘦
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	瘦
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	瘦
	Taishan	瘦
	Kaiping (Chikan)	瘦
	Enping (Niujiang)	瘦
	Heshan (Yayao)	瘦
	Dongguan	瘦
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	瘦
	Yangjiang	瘦
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	瘦
	Singapore (Guangfu)	瘦
Gan	Nanchang	瘦
	Lichuan	瘦
	Pingxiang	瘦
Hakka	Meixian	瘦
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	瘦
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	瘦
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	瘦
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	瘦
	Conghua (Lütian)	瘦
	Pinghe (Jiufeng)	瘦
	Changting	瘦
	Shanghang	瘦
	Yongding	瘦
	Wuping	瘦
	Liancheng	瘦
	Ninghua	𤸬, 猴
	Qingliu	𤸬
	Yudu	瘦
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	瘦
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	瘦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	瘦
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	瘦
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	瘦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	瘦
	Senai (Huiyang)	瘦
Huizhou	Jixi	瘦
Jin	Taiyuan	瘦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𤸬
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	𤸬
	Songxi	𤸬
	Zhenghe	𤸬
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	𤸬
	Jianyang	𤸬
	Wuyishan	𤸬
	Pucheng (Shibei)	瘦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𤸬
	Changle	𤸬
	Fuqing	𤸬
	Pingtan	𤸬
	Yongtai	𤸬
	Gutian	𤸬
	Fu'an	𤸬
	Ningde	𤸬
	Shouning	𤸬
	Zhouning	𤸬
	Fuding	𤸬
Southern Min	Xiamen	㾪
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	㾪
	Quanzhou	㾪
	Jinjiang	㾪
	Nan'an	㾪
	Shishi	㾪
	Hui'an	㾪
	Anxi	㾪
	Yongchun	㾪
	Dehua	㾪
	Zhangzhou	㾪, 薄抨
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	㾪
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	㾪
	Hua'an	㾪
	Nanjing	㾪
	Pinghe	㾪
	Zhangpu	㾪
	Yunxiao	㾪
	Zhao'an	㾪
	Dongshan	㾪
	Taipei	㾪
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	㾪
	Kaohsiung	㾪
	Yilan	㾪
	Changhua (Lukang)	㾪
	Taichung	㾪
	Tainan	㾪
	Hsinchu	㾪
	Kinmen	㾪
	Penghu (Magong)	㾪
	Penang (Hokkien)	㾪
	Singapore (Hokkien)	㾪
	Manila (Hokkien)	㾪
	Longyan	⿸疒袁
	Zhangping	㾪, 𤸬
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	㾪, 𤸬
	Datian	㾪
	Chaozhou	㾪
	Shantou	㾪
	Shantou (Chenghai)	㾪
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	㾪
	Singapore (Teochew)	㾪
	Leizhou	㾪
	Wenchang	㾪
	Haikou	㾪
Puxian Min	Putian	㾪
	Xianyou	㾪
Central Min	Yong'an	𤸬
	Sanyuan	𤸬
	Shaxian	𤸬
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	㾪
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	瘦
Wu	Shanghai	瘦
	Shanghai (Chongming)	瘦
	Suzhou	瘦
	Danyang	瘦
	Hangzhou	瘦
	Ningbo	瘦
	Wenzhou	㾹
	Jinhua	瘦
Xiang	Changsha	瘦
	Loudi	瘦
	Shuangfeng	瘦