皮包骨 [－－－]

Jyutping pei4 baau1 gwat1
Pinyin pí bāo gǔ

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (adjective) too skinny; scrawny, extremely scraggy; emaciated
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    形容​一個​人​好瘦​；​皮膚​下面​就​係​骨​，​啫​係​一​啲​肉​同​脂肪​都​冇​。
    skinny; scrawny; bony; literally 'bones wrapped in skin'
    • 佢患咗重病，體重暴跌，瘦到皮包骨噉，望到就覺得心痛。
      佢患咗重病，体重暴跌，瘦到皮包骨噉，望到就觉得心痛。
      keoi5 waan6 zo2 cung5 beng6, tai2 cung5 bou6 dit3, sau3 dou3 pei4 baau1 gwat1 gam2, mong6 dou2 zau6 gok3 dak1 sam1 tung3.
      He got seriously sick, his body weight plummeted, and now he's so thin that he looks like a pile of bones wrapped in a layer of skin. It breaks your heart just to look at him.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj, figuratively
    emaciated; extremely skinny; being skin and bones
    (syn.) 皮包骨頭, 皮包骨头
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    她瘦得只剩皮包骨了。
    她瘦得只剩皮包骨了。
    tā shòu dé zhǐ shèng pí bāo gǔ le 。
    • She is all skin and bone.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢患咗重病，体重暴跌，瘦到皮包骨噉，望到就觉得心痛。
    佢患咗重病，體重暴跌，瘦到皮包骨噉，望到就覺得心痛。
    keoi5 waan6 zo2 cung5 beng6, tai2 cung5 bou6 dit3, sau3 dou3 pei4 baau1 gwat1 gam2, mong6 dou2 zau6 gok3 dak1 sam1 tung3.
    • He got seriously sick, his body weight plummeted, and now he's so thin that he looks like a pile of bones wrapped in a layer of skin. It breaks your heart just to look at him.
  2. Cantonese
    你做乜皮包骨咁款？练仙嚟呀？
    你做乜皮包骨咁款？練仙嚟呀？
    nei5 zou6 mat1 pei4 baau1 gwat1 gam2 fun2? lin6 sin1 lai4 aa4?
    • Why do you look like a bag of bones? Been fasting much?