The Chinese word for thin is
薄
báoChinese Definition
thin | |
1. 形容词. 瘦 |
Translations for thin and their definitions
薄 | |
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 |
瘦 | |
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 (-) |
細 | |
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 |
细 | |
1. Simplified form of 細 |
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