| 瘦骨嶙峋 | shòu gǔ lín xún | skinny / emaciated (idiom) |   |
| 癯 |  qú | thin / emaciated / worn / tired | |
| 骨瘦如柴 | gǔ shòu rú chái | as thin as a match / emaciated (idiom) | |
| 癯瘦 | qú shòu | thin / emaciated | |
| 骨立 | gǔ lì | (literary) emaciated / bony | |
| 瘦骨伶仃 | shòu gǔ líng dīng | (idiom) emaciated / scrawny | |
| 瘦巴巴 | shòu bā bā | thin / scrawny / emaciated | |
| 瘦伶仃 | shòu líng dīng | emaciated / scrawny | |
| 菜色 | cài sè | dish / lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet) / emaciated look (from malnutrition) | |
| 面黄肌瘦 | miàn huáng jī shòu | lit. face yellow and body emaciated (idiom) / fig. malnourished and sickly in appearance | |
| 面黄肌闳 | miàn huáng jī hóng | yellow face, emaciated body (idiom) / malnourished and sickly in appearance | |
| 哀毁骨立 | āi huǐ gǔ lì | (idiom) (literary) to become emaciated due to grief (usu. due to the death of a parent) | |
| 面黄肌瘦 | miàn huáng - jī shòu | lit. face yellow and body emaciated (idiom) / fig. malnourished and sickly in appearance | |
