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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhuìròu

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ juk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuìròu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuèiròu
  - Wade–Giles: chui⁴-jou⁴
  - Yale: jwèi-ròu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jueyrow
  - Palladius: чжуйжоу (čžujžou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂweɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeoi⁶ juk⁶
  - Yale: jeuih yuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ juk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶ yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃɵy̯²² jʊk̚²/

Noun

贅肉

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

On’yomi

(Tokyo) ぜーにく [zèéníkú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ze̞ːɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

贅(ぜい)肉(にく) • (zeiniku)

excess fat on one's body, flab, bulge

References

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

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