肥宅

féizhái

noun

Meanings

1 'fat otaku' - an overweight shut-in / slovenly nerd (often self-deprecating)
2 couch potato

Characters

shut-in / home-bound

Examples

HSK 3

别再叫自己肥宅了，去锻炼锻炼。

Bié zài jiào zìjǐ féizhái le, qù duànliàn duànliàn.

Stop calling yourself a fat nerd and go work out.

HSK 4

放假在家当了一周肥宅。

Fàngjià zài jiā dāng le yì zhōu féizhái.

I spent the whole vacation being a couch potato.

HSK 5

肥宅快乐水指的就是可乐。

Féizhái kuàilè shuǐ zhǐ de jiùshì kělè.

'Fat-otaku happy juice' is slang for Coca-Cola.

Tips

culture

Internet slang modeled on Japanese otaku imagery - the stereotype is someone who stays home eating snacks and watching anime. 肥宅快乐水 (Coke) and 肥宅快乐餐 (junk-food meal) are set phrases in the meme lexicon.

Stroke Order

肥 féi

宅 zhái