薄 báo thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile 瘦 shòu thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive 单 薄 dān bó weak / frail / thin / flimsy 淡 薄 dàn bó thin / light / flagging / faint 稀 薄 xī bó thin / rarefied 菲 薄 fěi bó humble / meager / thin / to despise 疏 shū to dredge / to clear away obstruction / thin / sparse / scanty / distant (relation) / not close / to neglect / negligent / to present a memorial to the Emperor / commentary / annotation 柴 chái firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person) 癯 qú thin / emaciated / worn / tired 清 癯 qīng qú lean / thin / spare 疏 淡 shū dàn sparse / thin / distant 癯 瘦 qú shòu thin / emaciated 骨 立 gǔ lì thin / emaciated 稀 里 光 当 xī li guāng dāng thin / diluted 瘦 巴 巴 shòu bā bā thin / scrawny / emaciated 削 瘦 xuē shòu thin / lean / slender / skinny / (of cheeks) hollow 片 子 piàn zi thin flake / small piece 憔 悴 qiáo cuì wan and sallow / thin and pallid / haggard / (of plants) withered 修 长 xiū cháng slender / lanky / tall and thin 切 片 qiē piàn to slice / slice / thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination) 消 瘦 xiāo shòu to waste away / to become thin 瘦 弱 shòu ruò thin and weak 烟 消 云 散 yān xiāo yún sàn to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear 粗 细 cū xì thick and thin / coarse and fine / thickness (caliber) / coarseness / quality of work 血 水 xuè shuǐ thin blood / watery blood 薄 板 báo bǎn thin plate / sheet / lamina / Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3] 薄 片 báo piàn thin slice / thin section / flake / Taiwan pr. [bo2 pian4] 道 dào road / path / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3] / principle / truth / morality / reason / skill / method / Dao (of Daoism) / to say / to speak / to talk / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) 瘦 子 shòu zi thin person 细 水 长 流 xì shuǐ cháng liú lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little 内 皮 nèi pí (med.) endothelium / thin skin on the inside of some fruits (e.g. oranges) 如 履 薄 冰 rú lu:3 bó bīng lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice 金 针 菇 jīn zhēn gū enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes, Japanese えのき茸 / enokitake), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white / abbr. to 金菇 薄 层 báo céng thin layer / thin slice / film / lamina / lamella 间 jiàn gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent 片 儿 piān r sheet / thin film 薄 饼 báo bǐng thin flat cake / pancake / pizza 稀 粥 xī zhōu water gruel / thin porridge 扑 空 pū kōng lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles 条 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) 薄 纸 báo zhǐ thin paper (tissue paper, onionskin etc) 管 见 guǎn jiàn my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble) 片 piàn thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91 细 xì thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal 薄 脆 báo cuì crispy / thin and brittle / a crispy fried cracker 瘦 客 户 机 shòu kè hù jī thin client 板 胡 bǎn hú a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard 绢 juàn thin, tough silk fabric 札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague 绫 líng damask / thin silk 筱 xiǎo dwarf bamboo / thin bamboo 缦 màn plain thin silk / slow / unadorned 骨 瘦 如 柴 gǔ shòu rú chái as thin as a match / emaciated (idiom) 鍱 yè thin plates of metal 衣 单 食 薄 yī dān shí bó thin coat, meager food (idiom) / life of wretched poverty / destitute 轻 口 薄 舌 qīng kǒu bó shé lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom) / hasty and rude / caustic and sharp-tongued 轻 嘴 薄 舌 qīng zuǐ bó shé lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom) / hasty and rude / caustic and sharp-tongued 俴 jiàn short / shallow / thin plate 筎 rú thin outside skin of bamboo 箊 yū bamboo with thin / wide leaves 切 片 检 查 qiē piàn jiǎn chá slide examination / microscopic examination of thin section of specimen as part of biopsy 可 共 患 难 kě gòng huàn nàn to go through thick and thin together (idiom) 祸 福 与 共 huò fú yǔ gòng to stick together through thick and thin (idiom) 箧 箧 qiè qiè long and thin / slender 经 历 风 雨 jīng lì fēng yǔ to go through thick and thin (idiom) 叶 片 状 yè piàn zhuàng foliated / striated into thin leaves 薄 透 镜 báo tòu jìng thin lens (optics) 轴 索 zhóu suǒ axon (long thin axis of nerve cell) 镴 箔 là bó thin foil to make paper money for the dead 高 矮 胖 瘦 gāo ǎi pàng shòu one's physique (tall or short, thin or fat) / stature 云 消 雾 散 yún xiāo wù sàn the clouds melt and the mists disperse (idiom) / to clear up / to vanish into thin air 瘦 客 户 机 程 序 shòu kè hù jī chéng xù thin client 薄 膜 光 伏 电 池 thin film cell device 揻 wēi (dialect) to bend (a long and thin object) 穿 一 条 裤 子 chuān yī tiáo kù zi (of male friends) to have been through thick and thin together / to be like family / to share the same view of things 竹 篾 zhú miè thin bamboo strips used for basket weaving 靲 qín leather shoes / leather belt / thin bamboo strips 渐 稀 jiàn xī to thin out gradually / to become fainter and fainter