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瘦

shòu

HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 3

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

shòu · sau3 (Jyutping)

  1. thin
  2. to lose weight
  3. (of clothing) tight
  4. (of meat) lean
  5. (of land) unproductive

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

瘦

Meaning
thin, emaciated, lean; meager
Radical
疒
Strokes
14
Components
⿸疒叟
Cangjie
KHXE
Four-corner
0014.7

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