féi
gras; fertile
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他很肥。
tā hěn féi.
He is very fat.
她想减肥。
tā xiǎng jiǎn féi.
She wants to lose weight.
猪肉很肥。
zhūròu hěn féi.
Pork is very fatty.
胖 (pàng)
fat
壮 (zhuàng)
strong
瘦 (shòu)
thin
苗条 (miáo tiáo)
slender
The Chinese character 肥 (féi) for "fat" is composed of two parts: 皕 (fèi) and 韋 (wéi). 皕 originally meant "abundant" or "plentiful", and is often used to describe the state of being well-fed or having a lot of flesh. 韋, on the other hand, originally meant "leather" or "hide", and is often used to describe the outer layer of something. When combined, the two characters form the character 肥, which can be interpreted as "having a lot of flesh on the outside". This interpretation is consistent with the modern meaning of the character, which is "fat".
