贅肉

See also: 赘肉

Chinese

superfluous meat; flesh
trad. (贅肉) 贅 肉
simp. (赘肉) 赘 肉
anagram 肉贅/肉赘

Pronunciation


Noun

贅肉

  1. excess fat on one's body; flab; bulge

Japanese

Kanji in this term
贅 肉
ぜい
Hyōgaiji
にく
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
ぜい肉

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 贅肉/赘肉 (dzui? nyuwk, literally “excess + flesh, meat”). Compare modern Cantonese reading zeoi6 juk6.

Pronunciation

Noun

贅(ぜい)肉(にく) • (zeiniku) 

  1. excess fat on one's body, flab, bulge

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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