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The Chinese word for thin is

báo



thin

Chinese Definition


thin
     1. 形容词.



Translations for thin and their definitions

     1. thin (not thick); flimsy
           薄báo 布 - flimsy cloth
           如履薄冰 - to be very careful, lit=like treading on thin ice
           呢 件 衫 好 薄。 - This shirt is very light.
     2. slight; meagre; small
           薄酬 - small reward
     3. poor; infertile
     4. cold in manner; indifferent
     5. ungenerous; unkind; mean
           刻薄 - mean; unkind
     6. (of taste) weak; light; not strong
           酒 味 很 薄báo。 - The wine is very weak.
     7. to belittle; to despise
           厚此薄彼 - to favour one and slight the other
     8. Alternative form of 亳 (capital of Yin)
     9. to reduce
     10. (literary) to approach
           日薄西山 - to approach death
           ^薄 ^一-波 - Bo Yibo
     11. Only used in 薄荷 (mint)
     12. Only used in 蓾薄


     1. (of a person or animal) thin; slender; skinny
           Antonyms: 胖, 肥
     2. (of meat) lean
     3. to lose weight; to become thin
           Antonyms: 胖
           他 瘦 了 五 公斤。 - He lost five kilograms.
     4. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 㾪 (-)


     1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Min) small; tiny; little
           Antonyms: 大
           點解 會 咁 細 嘅ge2? - Why is it so small?
     2. thin; slender
           Antonyms: 粗
           細 線 - thin string
     3. fine; delicate; exquisite
           Antonyms: 粗
           細 沙 - fine sand
     4. careful; detailed; meticulous
     5. slowly; carefully; thoroughly; detailedly
           細看 - to carefully examine
     6. trifling; trivial; unimportant
     7. (of one's voice) soft
     8. frugal; sparing
     9. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Min) young; little
           Antonyms: 大
           你 仲 細 咩! - Do you think that you're still a child?
     10. (Cantonese) to be younger than
           Antonyms: 大
           細 佢 幾 十 年 - younger than them by a couple decades
     11. (Hokkien) concubine


     1. Simplified form of 細


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