胖
Meaning
- fat
- plump
Example sentence
他胖乎乎。
He is chubby.
The character 胖
胖 has 月, flesh, beside 半: fat. 他胖了 says someone has put on weight and 胖子 is the noun; 瘦 is the opposite. It lands more softly in Chinese than the English word does.
他胖乎乎。
He is chubby.
胖 has 月, flesh, beside 半: fat. 他胖了 says someone has put on weight and 胖子 is the noun; 瘦 is the opposite. It lands more softly in Chinese than the English word does.