Meaning of 皮肤
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- skin
Measure word: 層|层,塊|块
How to use 皮肤
皮肤 is the normal word for human skin, used for health, beauty, and skin care topics. Example: 她的皮肤很好。(Tā de pífū hěn hǎo.) Her skin is very nice.
皮 (pí) means skin, hide, or leather, and 肤 (fū) has the flesh radical 月 on the left, which marks body parts. Put the outer covering 皮 together with the body-part character 肤 and you get the skin on your body.
Common mistake: Learners often use 皮 alone for human skin in everyday speech. 皮 alone usually means peel, rind, or animal hide, as in 苹果皮 (píngguǒ pí) apple peel, so say 皮肤 for a person's skin. Also, 肤 is first tone (fū), so don't drop it to a neutral tone.
皮肤 in example sentences
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皮 pí · skin · 5 strokes
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肤 fū · skin · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 皮肤.
Questions about 皮肤
What does 皮肤 mean?
皮肤 (pífū) means "skin" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 皮肤?
皮肤 is made of 2 characters: 皮 (5 strokes), 肤 (8 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 皮肤 an HSK word?
Yes. 皮肤 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 皮肤 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 皮肤 is written 皮膚.
How do you say dry skin or oily skin in Chinese?
Dry skin is 干性皮肤 (gānxìng pífū) and oily skin is 油性皮肤 (yóuxìng pífū). In casual speech people also say 皮肤很干 (pífū hěn gān), my skin is very dry.
Can 皮肤 be used for animals or fruit?
It is mainly used for people and sometimes animals in a scientific sense. For fruit peel or animal hide, Chinese uses 皮 (pí), as in 香蕉皮 (xiāngjiāo pí) banana peel or the leather in 皮鞋 (píxié) leather shoes.