減肥

See also: 减肥

Chinese

		to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish	fat; fertile; loose-fitting
trad. (減肥)		減	肥
simp. (减肥)		减	肥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎnféi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄟˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaam² fei⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gam² fei³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiám-pûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnféi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnféi
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-fei²
    • Yale: jyǎn-féi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanfeir
    • Palladius: цзяньфэй (czjanʹfɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaam² fei⁴
    • Yale: gáam fèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaam² fei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gam² féi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm³⁵ fei̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gam² fei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam⁵⁵ fei²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám-pûi
    • Tâi-lô: kiám-puî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiafmpuii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pui²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pui²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pui¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pui²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pui²³/

Verb

減⫽肥 (verb-object)

1. (literally) to lose weight; to slim down
2. (figurative, colloquial) to streamline; to trim; to remove what is not needed; to eliminate the nonessential

Synonyms

• (to lose weight): 瘦身 (shòushēn)
• (to streamline): 瘦身 (shòushēn)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to lose weight”): 發胖／发胖 (fāpàng) (when not on purpose); 增肥 (zēngféi) (when on purpose)

Derived terms

• 減肥餐／减肥餐 (jiǎnféicān)