HSK 4 · Verbs

减肥 jiǎnféi “to lose weight” in Chinese

Traditional 減肥

What 减肥 means

  1. to lose weight

How to say 减肥

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale减jiǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale肥féi2nd tone, rising

减肥 in a sentence

  1. 我想减肥。

    Wǒ xiǎng jiǎnféi.

    I want to lose weight.

    Sentence #332631 from Tatoeba

  2. 我姐姐为了减肥每天都锻炼。

    Wǒ jiějie wèile jiǎnféi měitiān dōu duànliàn.

    My older sister exercises every day to lose weight.

    Sentence #10798210 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 最好的减肥方法就是少吃多运动。

    Zuìhǎo de jiǎnféi fāngfǎ jiùshì shǎo chī duō yùndòng.

    The best way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more.

    Sentence #4962386 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 减肥 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 减 (jiǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
减jiǎnto lower
  • 冫ice · bīngMeaning part
  • 咸all · xiánSound part

冫 hints at the meaning (ice); 咸 (xián) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiǎn.

The character 肥 (féi) with each of its parts in a different colour
肥féifat
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròuMeaning part
  • 巴to desire · bāSound part

⺼ hints at the meaning (meat); 巴 (bā) hints at the sound. Compare it with féi.

How to write 减肥

减 11 strokes · 肥 8 strokes

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减肥 (jiǎnféi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 减肥 (jiǎnféi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 减肥

Words with 减

减少jiǎnshǎo · to lessen

Words with 肥

肥皂féizào · soap肥沃féiwò · fertile (of soil)化肥huàféi · chemical fertiliser

More words: Common Verbs

积累jīlěi · to accumulate继续jìxù · to continue寄jì · to send坚持jiānchí · to persevere with减少jiǎnshǎo · to lessen降低jiàngdī · to reduce交jiāo · to hand over接受jiēshòu · to accept

FAQs

减肥 (jiǎnféi) means “to lose weight”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jiǎnféi: jiǎn with a 3rd tone, then féi with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 减肥 is written 減肥. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianfei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 减肥 from the suggestions. Typing jianfei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
减肥 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.