罄身

qìngshēn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 nudity
  2. 2 nakedness
  3. 3 being entirely bare

Examples

HSK 6
Tā bèi qiǎng de qìngshēn ér guī.
He was robbed bare and returned with nothing on him.
HSK 7-9
Gǔwén zhōng ǒu jiàn " qìngshēn " yī cí, zhǐ chìluǒ zhī zhuàng.
In classical writing the word "罄身" occasionally appears, referring to the state of being naked.

Tips

register
Rare and literary. 罄 means 'to be exhausted or used up to nothing' (as in 罄竹难书, 'so many crimes that even all the bamboo strips couldn't record them'). Combined with 身 ('body'), the result is 'a body with nothing left on it'. Modern speakers say 赤身 or 赤裸 instead.
mistakes
Don't confuse 罄 ('exhausted') with the visually similar 馨 ('fragrant') or 磬 ('stone chime').

Stroke Order

罄 qìng
身 shēn