Chinese symbol for “skinny”
瘦骨嶙峋
shòu gǔ lín xún
skinny; emaciated (idiom)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for skinny is 瘦骨嶙峋 (shòu gǔ lín xún), defined as: skinny; emaciated (idiom).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “skinny”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脔 (臠) | luán | skinny; sliced meat |
| 骨感 | gǔ gǎn | bony; skinny |
| 削瘦 | xuē shòu | thin; lean |
| 瘦骨棱棱 | shòu gǔ léng léng | bony; skinny |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瘦骨嶙峋.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瘦身 | shòu shēn | to lose weight (intentionally); to slim down; (fig.) to downsize (a business, project etc) |
| 瘦肉精 | shòu ròu jīng | leanness-enhancing agent (for livestock) |
| 瘦弱 | shòu ruò | thin and weak |
| 瘦子 | shòu zi | thin person |
| 消瘦 | xiāo shòu | to waste away; to become thin |
| 瘦小 | shòu xiǎo | slightly-built; petite |
| 骨头 (骨頭) | gǔ tou | bone; measure word: 根 (gēn), 块 (kuài) |
| 骨干 (骨幹) | gǔ gàn | diaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone |
| 嶙峋 | lín xún | bony (of people); craggy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “skinny”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.