皮包骨

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Chinese

leather; skin; fur
to cover; to wrap; to hold
to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)
 
 bone
trad. (皮包骨) 皮 包 骨
simp. #(皮包骨) 皮 包 骨
Literally: “skin covering bones”.

Pronunciation

Phrase

皮包骨

  1. (figurative) to be emaciated; to be extremely skinny; to be skin and bones; to be a bag of bones

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 皮包骨 (“to be skin and bones; to be a bag of bones”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 皮包骨, 皮包骨頭
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 皮包骨
Cantonese Guangzhou 皮黃骨瘦, 皮包骨
Hong Kong 皮包骨
Hakka Meixian 黃皮瘦骨, 皮包骨
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 皮包骨
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 皮包骨
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 皮包骨
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 皮包骨
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 皮包骨
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 皮包骨
Southern Min Shantou 骨髂髂
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