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橡皮

xiàng pí

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 块

橡皮 (xiàng pí) means "eraser". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 橡皮 means

1. rubber
2. an eraser

The characters in 橡皮

• 橡xiàngoak; Quercus serrata
• 皮pískin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering

Example sentences

• 这不是橡皮。
  Zhè bù shì xiàngpí.
  This isn't rubber.
• 用你的橡皮把这些字擦掉。
  Yòng nǐ de xiàngpí bǎ zhèxiē zì cādiào.
  Rub out these words with your eraser.
• 橡皮不硬，在压力下会变形。
  Xiàngpí bù yìng, zài yālì xià huì biànxíng.
  Rubber is not hard: it gives way to pressure.
• 用你的橡皮擦把这些字擦掉。
  Rub out these words with your eraser.
• 橡皮擦掉地上就很难找到了。
  It's hard to find an eraser that's on the floor.
• 橡皮不硬：它在压力下会变形。
  Rubber is not hard: it gives way to pressure.

Words starting with 橡皮

• 橡皮筋xiàng pí jīnrubber band
• 橡皮擦xiàng pí cāeraser; rubber
• 橡皮泥xiàng pí níplasticine; modeling clay
• 橡皮球xiàng pí qiúrubber ball
• 橡皮线xiàng pí xiànwire (sheathed in rubber); cable
• 橡皮艇xiàng pí tǐngrubber dinghy
• 橡皮图章xiàng pí tú zhāng(lit. and fig.) rubber stamp
• 橡皮膏xiàng pí gāosticking plaster; adhesive bandage

Where 橡皮 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Clothing & Accessories (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiàng pí correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.