贅肉

See also: 赘肉

Chinese

superfluous meat; flesh
trad. (贅肉)
simp. (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
ぜい
Hyōgaiji
にく
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

贅肉 (hiragana ぜいにく, rōmaji 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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