丰腴

豐腴
fēngyú
adjective #37,477

Meanings

  1. 1 full-figured (of a woman; complimentary)
  2. 2 plump and curvy
  3. 3 (of land) fertile, rich
  4. 4 (of writing) lush, abundant

Examples

Tā shēncái fēngyú, qìzhì hěn hǎo.
She has a full figure and lovely poise.
Zhè shì yí piàn fēngyú de tǔdì.
This is a stretch of fertile land.
Tā de wénbǐ fēngyú xìnì.
His prose is lush and finely textured.

Tips

register
A polite, even complimentary alternative to (pàng, 'fat'). 丰腴 evokes the Tang-dynasty ideal of feminine beauty embodied by 杨贵妃 (Yáng Guìfēi) — voluptuous rather than slim. For modern usage, prefer 丰腴 over when describing a woman in a positive light; for fertile land or rich prose it's purely literary.
memory
(fēng) 'abundant' + (yú) 'plump, fatty meat' (the -radical = flesh). Combine 'abundant' with 'fleshy' and you get the literary sense of pleasingly full.

Stroke Order

fēng