脂 (zhī): fat, rouge (cosmetics), resin
脂 (zhī) is a Chinese character meaning “fat.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺼ (semantic) and 旨 (phonetic). It ranks #2155 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 脂 flesh. Its radical form 肉 (meat) appears in many related characters such as 肉 (ròu, meat), 能 (néng, can), 背 (bèi, the back of a body or object).
Definitions
- fat
- rouge (cosmetics)
- resin
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 脂
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 油脂noun | yóu zhī | grease |
| 脱脂verb | tuō zhī | to remove fat |
| 树脂noun | shù zhī | resin |
| 脂肪酸noun | zhī fáng suān | fatty acid |
| 胭脂noun | yān zhī | rouge |
| 磷脂noun | lín zhī | phospholipid |
| 硬脂酸noun | yìng zhī suān | stearic acid |
| 环氧树脂 | huán yǎng shù zhī | epoxy resin (chemistry) |
| 血脂noun | xuè zhī | blood lipid |
| 脂粉noun | zhī fěn | cosmetics |
| 涂脂抹粉 | tú zhī mǒ fěn | (idiom) to put on makeup |
| 香脂noun | xiāng zhī | balsam |
| 皮脂腺noun | pí zhī xiàn | sebaceous glands |
| 脂粉气adjective | zhī fěn qì | feminine quality |
| 民脂民膏noun | mín zhī mín gāo | lit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom) |
脂 appears in 63 compound words: 19 as the first character, 49 as the last, and 32 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 脂 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了脂字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le zhī zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "脂" in the dictionary.
无糖食物等于健康食物吗?高脂无糖饼干热量依然高吗
wú táng shí wù děng yú jiàn kāng shí wù ma ? gāo zhī wú táng bǐng gān rè liàng yī rán gāo ma
Is sugar free food equal healthy food? Are high-fat sugar-free biscuits still high in calories?
健康网》反式脂肪0不代表安心 医:微量仍能累积
jiàn kāng wǎng fǎn shì zhī fáng 0 bù dài biǎo ān xīn yī : wēi liàng réng néng lěi jī
Health Network》Trans fat 0 does not mean peace of mind Doctor: trace amounts can still accumulate
吃饭时一个小改变,脂肪肝就有可能好转!
chī fàn shí yī gè xiǎo gǎi biàn , zhī fáng gān jiù yǒu kě néng hǎo zhuǎn !
A small change when eating may improve fatty liver!
脂肪肝不是胖人专利 三类高危族群与改善关键
zhī fáng gān bù shì pàng rén zhuān lì sān lèi gāo wēi zú qún yǔ gǎi shàn guān jiàn
Fatty liver is not the patent of fat people, three types of high-risk groups and the key to improvement
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nán jīng jiāng nìng chūn jié zài chuán jiā xùn ! quán qiú shǒu kuǎn qīng liàng huà gān zāng zhī fáng dìng liàng jiǎn . .
Nanjing Jiangning Spring Festival good news again! The world's first lightweight liver fat quantitative test:
切除这块肉的脂肪。
Qiēchú zhè kuài ròu de zhīfáng.
Trim the fat off the meat.
汤姆的体脂率是7%。
Tāngmǔ de tǐzhīlǜ shì qī pā.
Tom has 7% body fat.
松木是一种富含树脂的木材。
Sōngmù shì yīzhǒng fù hán shùzhī de mùcái.
Pine is a resinous wood.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the ⺼ (flesh) component
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