sung1 ci4鬆弛松弛
Jyutpingsung1 ci4
Yalesūng chìh
Definition
Flabby, loose, or slack, typically describing muscles or skin.
colloquialbodyhealth
How it's used
Focuses specifically on the loss of firmness or elasticity in physical tissues like skin or muscle. While it can technically describe a loose rope or a relaxed schedule, it is most frequently used in health and beauty contexts to describe signs of aging or lack of muscle tone. It carries a slightly more clinical or descriptive tone than the simple word 鬆.
Examples
If you exercise more, your muscles won't be so flabby.
Her facial skin is very slack; is it because she stays up late too much?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe a loose knot or a slack rope, as 鬆 is the standard word for those situations. Using 鬆弛 for inanimate objects often sounds overly formal or slightly unnatural.
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