瘦蜢蜢
sau3 maang1 maang1sau3 maang2 maang2shòu měng měng
English
- (adjective) skinny; thin; undernourished
- very thin; bag of bones; skin and bones
粵語 — Cantonese
- 形容一個人骨瘦如柴,皮包骨咁
Examples
佢一餐食兩碗飯都仲係瘦蜢蜢,係咪個肚生癪呀?
He eats two bowls of rice per meal yet remains thin as a stick; perhaps there's parasites in his stomach.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk