16+8

shíliùjiābā

noun

Meanings

1 16:8 intermittent fasting (eat within an 8-hour window, fast for 16 hours)

Characters

16 (fasting hours)

8 (eating hours)

Examples

我最近在做16+8轻断食。

Wǒ zuìjìn zài zuò shíliù jiā bā qīng duànshí.

I've been doing 16:8 intermittent fasting lately.

16+8对上班族比较容易坚持。

Shíliù jiā bā duì shàngbānzú bǐjiào róngyì jiānchí.

16:8 is relatively easy for office workers to stick to.

Tips

culture

Imported diet fad that took off on Chinese social media around 2020. Usually written with the digits; read aloud as 'shíliù jiā bā' (sixteen plus eight).