Meaning
tight; thin; lean
Chinese: 身体脂肪少，也指物体细小。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “shou” becomes a different word in each tone. 瘦 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 瘦子shòu zithin person
- 瘦小shòu xiǎoslightly-built; petite
- 瘦长shòu chángslim
- 瘦身shòu shēnto lose weight (intentionally); to slim down; (fig.) to downsize (a business, project etc)
- 清瘦qīng shòumeager
Example Sentence
他最近瘦了不少，看起来很精神。Tā zuì jìn shòu le bù shǎo, kàn qǐ lái hěn jīng shen.He has lost quite a bit of weight recently and looks energetic.
他Tāhe最近zuì jìnrecently瘦shòuthin了le(completed action)不少bù shǎomany，看kànto look after起来qǐ láito stand up很hěnvery精神jīng shenspirit。