zhī

fat

rouge (cosmetics); resin

flesh (⺼) + sound zhī (旨) = fat or grease

The flesh radical grounds the meaning in bodily or organic substance — fat, grease, resin. 旨 primarily gives the sound zhī and does not carry the meaning here.

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PurposePhonetic

这块肉上有很多肪。

zhè kuài ròu shàng yǒu hěn duō zhī fáng。

There is a lot of fat on this piece of meat.

医生说她血液里的肪含量太高了。

yī shēng shuō tā xuè yè lǐ de zhī fáng hán liàng tài gāo le。

The doctor said the fat content in her blood is too high.

Words with 脂

酥松油脂

sū sōng yóu zhī

shortening (fat used in cooking cakes)

醇酸树脂

chún suān shù zhī

alkyd resin

鞘脂

qiào zhī

sphingolipid

饱和脂肪

bǎo hé zhī fáng

saturated fat

饱和脂肪酸

bǎo hé zhī fáng suān

saturated fatty acid (SFA)

体脂

tǐ zhī

body fat

高脂血症

gāo zhī xuè zhèng

high blood fat disease

高血脂

gāo xuè zhī

see 高脂血症[gao1 zhi1 xue4 zheng4]

不饱和脂肪酸

bù bǎo hé zhī fáng suān

unsaturated fatty acid

乳脂

rǔ zhī

cream

代可可脂

dài kě kě zhī

(loanword) cocoa butter substitute

低脂

dī zhī

low fat

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