HSK 3 HSK C5/W3/V5
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/ shòu /
Strokes

Definition

thin/to lose weight/(of clothing) tight/(of meat) lean/(of land) unproductive

Example

As an Adjective

thin; emaciated

1
Zhè
shòu
de
lián
可怜
  

The poor horse looked all skin and bone(s).

2
yīn
cháng
长期
shēngbìng
生病
ér
xiāoshòu
消瘦
  

Her long illness leaned her body. / She was emaciated by long illness.

3
lǎoshi
老是
chóu
发愁
  
,
rén
dōu
shòu
de
bāotou
皮包骨头
le
  

He was worrying himself into a skeleton.

4
shòu
le
  

He has lost weight.

5
Yòu
gāo
yòu
shòu

tall and skinny

6
Liǎn
shòu

have a thin face

As an Adjective

(of strokes in Chinese handwriting) thin

7
字体
shòuyìng
瘦硬

characters with thin but powerful strokes

As an Adjective

(of meat) lean

As an Adjective

(of clothes) tight

As an Adjective

(of land) poor; barren; sterile; unproductive