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Thin in Chinese

thin · HSK 3

瘦 shòu

她最近瘦了很多。 She has lost a lot of weight recently.

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How do you say thin in Chinese?

Thin in Chinese is 瘦 (shòu). You can also say 细 (xì), 薄 (báo).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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