削肩

Chinese

		to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down) to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down); to scrape	shoulder
trad. (削肩)		削	肩
simp. ^#(削肩)		削	肩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuējiān, xuèjiān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝㄐㄧㄢ, ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soek³ gin¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siah-keng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuējiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuejian
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh¹-chien¹
  - Yale: sywē-jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuejian
  - Palladius: сюэцзянь (sjueczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuèjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuèjian
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-chien¹
  - Yale: sywè-jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehjian
  - Palladius: сюэцзянь (sjueczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soek³ gin¹
  - Yale: seuk gīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soek⁸ gin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêg³ gin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːk̚³ kiːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siah-keng
  - Tâi-lô: siah-king
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siahkefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

削肩

(of a woman) slim, sloping shoulders
- 第二個削肩細腰，長挑身材，鴨蛋臉面，俊眼修眉，顧盼神飛，文彩精華，見之忘俗。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  第二个削肩细腰，长挑身材，鸭蛋脸面，俊眼修眉，顾盼神飞，文彩精华，见之忘俗。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE
  Dì-èr ge xuējiān xìyāo, chángtiāo shēncái, yādàn liǎnmiàn, jùnyǎnxiūméi, gùpànshénfēi, wéncǎi jīnghuá, jiàn zhī wàng sú. [Pinyin]
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- 而且對於中國現在看慣了斜眼削肩的美女圖的眼睛，也是很有澄清的益處的。 [MSC, trad.]
  而且对于中国现在看惯了斜眼削肩的美女图的眼睛，也是很有澄清的益处的。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1931 September 27, 魯迅, 《夏娃日記》小引
  Érqiě duìyú Zhōngguó xiànzài kàn guàn le xiéyǎn xuējiān de měinǚ tú de yǎnjīng, yě shì hěn yǒu chéngqīng de yìchù de. [Pinyin]
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- 女性美大致以觀音菩薩的本貌作為標準，人們對美女的要求漸漸傾向文弱清秀：削肩、平胸、柳腰、纖足。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
  女性美大致以观音菩萨的本貌作为标准，人们对美女的要求渐渐倾向文弱清秀：削肩、平胸、柳腰、纤足。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
  From: 2020, 沈寶山, 《絕代風華才子佳人》, page 7
  Nǚxìng měi dàzhì yǐ guānyīn púsà de běnmào zuòwéi biāozhǔn, rénmen duì měinǚ de yāoqiú jiànjiàn qīngxiàng wénruò qīngxiù: xuèjiān, píngxiōng, liǔyāo, xiānzú. [Pinyin]
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Synonyms

溜肩膀 (liūjiānbǎng)
(Hokkien) 垂肩