臃肿

臃腫

yōngzhǒng

adjective #25,614

Meanings

1 obese
2 bloated
3 swollen
4 (of an organization) oversized and inefficient

Characters

swollen; puffed up

Examples

冬天穿太多衣服会显得臃肿。

Dōngtiān chuān tài duō yīfu huì xiǎnde yōngzhǒng.

Wearing too many clothes in winter can make you look bulky and shapeless.

这家公司机构臃肿，办事效率很低。

Zhè jiā gōngsī jīgòu yōngzhǒng, bànshì xiàolǜ hěn dī.

This company's organization is bloated and its efficiency is very low.

他身材臃肿，走路也费力。

Tā shēncái yōngzhǒng, zǒulù yě fèilì.

His figure is obese and even walking takes effort.

Tips

usage

臃肿 can describe a person's body (fat/bloated), clothing (bulky/shapeless), or an organization (overstaffed/bureaucratically inefficient). The figurative organizational sense is common in formal writing.

Stroke Order

臃 yōng

肿 zhǒng