油腻 (yóu nì) — (adjective) greasy; oily; (of food) fatty; (noun) greasy food; (adjective, slang) obnoxious, pretentious, vulgar (especially of a middle-aged man)
Definition
油腻 literally means 'greasy/oily' (food, skin, hair). In slang c. 2017 it describes a '油腻' middle-aged man — smug, self-satisfied, pretentious — distinct from 庸俗 (broadly tacky/vulgar) or 俗 (coarse).
adjective
greasyoily(of food) fatty(adjective, slang) obnoxiouspretentiousvulgar (especially of a middle-aged man)
noun
greasy food
Examples
- 油腻，。Zhè dào cài tài yóu nì le, wǒ chī bú xià.This dish is too greasy; I can't eat it.
- 油腻。Tā xiàn zài biàn chéng le yí gè yóu nì de zhōng nián nán rén.He's turned into an obnoxious middle-aged man.
- 油腻，。Wǒ bù xǐ huan chī yóu nì, tài shāng wèi le.I don't like eating greasy food; it's too hard on the stomach.
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