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臃肿

臃腫
yōngzhǒng
adjective #25,614

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 3
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.
HSK 4
这家公司机构臃肿，办事效率很低。
Zhèjiā gōngsī jīgòu yōngzhǒng, bànshì xiàolǜ hěn dī.
This company's organization is bloated and its efficiency is very low.
HSK 4
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