皮 pí — skin; hide; peel
皮
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Basic definition
Detailed explanation
verb
- (会意。金文字形上面是个口,表示兽的头;一竖表示身体;右边半圆表示已被揭起的皮;右下表手。“皮”是汉字部首之一。本义:用手剥兽皮)
- peel e.g 皮面
- become soft and soggy
noun
adjective
- surface;superficial
- naughty
- case-hardened
- ginned
Related words
- 皮肤 skin
- 皮鞋 leather shoes
- 眼皮 eyelid
- 肚皮 belly
- 皮包 leather bag
- 顽皮 naughty
- 调皮 naughty; mischievous; impish
- 白皮书 white paper
- 地皮 lot, section of land, ground
- 皮带 leather belt
- 皮革 leather
- 头皮 scalp
- 脸皮 face
- 皮箱 leather suitcase
- 扯皮 to wrangle; wrangling; to haggle; to bicker; to dispute; to stall
- 树皮 tree bark
- 皮肉 skin and flesh/superficial/physical (suffering)/bodily
- 橡皮 eraser; rubber
- 牛皮 cowhide; ox leather; bragging
- 皮球 ball (made of rubber, leather etc)