粵

皮pei4包baau1骨gwat1

pei4 baau1 gwat1pí bāo gǔ

English

  1. (adjective) too skinny; scrawny, extremely scraggy; emaciated
  2. skinny; scrawny; bony; literally 'bones wrapped in skin'

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容一個人好瘦;皮膚下面就係骨,啫係一啲肉同脂肪都冇。

Examples

  • 她瘦得只剩皮包骨了。

    She is all skin and bone.

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  • 佢患咗重病,體重暴跌,瘦到皮包骨噉,望到就覺得心痛。

    He got seriously sick, his body weight plummeted, and now he's so thin that he looks like a pile of bones wrapped in a layer of skin. It breaks your heart just to look at him.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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