Chinese

Noun

贅肉

1. excess fat on one's body; flab; bulge

Japanese

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 赘肉 ‎(dzui? nyuwk, literally “excess + flesh, meat”). Compare modern Cantonese reading zeoi⁶ juk⁶.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ぜいにく [zèéníkú] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ze̞ːnikɯᵝ]

Noun

贅肉 ‎(hiragana ぜいにく, romaji zeiniku)

1. excess fat on one's body, flab, bulge

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9