脂肪

• Pinyin: zhī fáng
• Hanzi breakdown: 脂 = 月 (flesh) + 旨 (essence — rich substance from meat); 肪 = 月 (flesh) + 方 (phonetic)

Meaning

Fat; adipose tissue. The oily substance stored in the body or found in food.

Used in nutrition, health, and biology contexts. Common compounds include 体脂肪 (body fat), 脂肪肝 (fatty liver), 反式脂肪 (trans fat), and 低脂肪 (low-fat). A key term in diet and fitness discussions.

Examples

1. 过量摄入脂肪会增加患心血管疾病的风险。 Excessive fat intake increases the risk of cardiovascular disease.
2. 他通过运动和控制饮食成功减掉了体内多余的脂肪。 Through exercise and diet control, he successfully lost excess body fat.
3. 这款酸奶采用脱脂工艺，脂肪含量几乎为零。 This yogurt uses a fat-free process, so its fat content is almost zero.

Usage Guide

Context: nutrition, health, biology

Tone: neutral

Do Say

• 医生建议他减少饱和脂肪的摄入，改善饮食结构。(The doctor advised him to reduce saturated fat intake and improve his diet structure.)
• 适量的健康脂肪对维持身体正常机能是必要的。(A moderate amount of healthy fat is necessary for maintaining normal bodily functions.)

Don't Say

• 他很脂肪 — grammatically incorrect; use 他很胖 or 他体脂率很高 to describe someone with excess body fat

Origin & History

脂 (fat/grease) + 肪 (fat tissue)

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal