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皮

pí

HSK 3 Character

What 皮 means

1. skin; peel; rind; outer layer
2. leather; hide; fur
3. cover; wrapping; outer covering
4. (of food) no longer crisp; soggy
5. colloquialnaughty; mischievous
6. pico- (10⁻¹²)

Other readings

皮 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Písurname Pi

Example sentences

• 硬着头皮。
  Yìngzhetóupí.
  Bite the bullet.
• 我不调皮。
  I am not mischievous.
• 这不是橡皮。
  Zhè bù shì xiàngpí.
  This isn't rubber.
• 我眼皮发热。
  Wǒ yǎnpí fārè.
  My eyelid feels hot.
• 鱼去骨去皮。
  Yú qù gǔ qù pí.
  Skin and debone the fish.
• 将苹果削皮。
  Peel the apple.

Words starting with 皮

• 皮肤pí fūskin
• 皮鞋pí xiéleather shoes
• 皮革pí géleather
• 皮带pí dàistrap; leather belt
• 皮包pí bāohandbag; briefcase
• 皮炎pí yándermatitis
• 皮球pí qiúball (made of rubber, leather etc)
• 皮箱pí xiāngleather suitcase
• 皮毛pí máofur; fur clothing; skin and hair
• 皮肉pí ròuskin and flesh; the physical body; (fig.) the superficial layer; surface aspects
• 皮埃尔Pí āi ěr(name) Pierre
• 皮肤病pí fū bìngskin disease; skin condition; dermatosis
• 皮尔Pí ěrPierre, capital of South Dakota
• 皮衣pí yīleather jacket or coat
• 皮子pí ziskin; fur
• 皮条pí tiáothong; leather strap; pimp
• 皮蛋pí dàncentury egg; preserved egg
• 皮夹pí jiāwallet; Taiwan pr. pí jiá
• 皮下pí xiàunder the skin; subcutaneous (injection)
• 皮鞭pí biānlash
• 皮质pí zhìcortex; cerebral cortex
• 皮儿pí rwrapper; cover
• 皮影戏pí yǐng xìshadow play
• 皮具pí jùleather products

Words containing 皮

• 调皮tiáo pínaughty; mischievous; unruly
• 橡皮xiàng pírubber; an eraser
• 肚皮dù píbelly
• 眼皮yǎn píeyelid
• 脸皮liǎn píface; cheek
• 硬着头皮yìng zhe tóu píto brace oneself to do sth; to put a bold face on it; to summon up courage
• 顽皮wán pínaughty
• 头皮tóu píscalp
• 牛皮niú pícowhide; leather; fig. flexible and tough
• 羊皮yáng písheepskin
• 铁皮tiě pígalvanized iron sheet (for building construction)
• 牛皮癣niú pí xuǎnpsoriasis
• 俏皮qiào pismart; charming; attractive
• 地皮dì pílot; section of land; ground
• 真皮zhēn pí(anatomy) dermis; genuine leather
• 白皮书bái pí shūwhite paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation); white book
• 树皮shù pítree bark
• 西皮xī píone of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera; see also 二黄
• 鸡毛蒜皮jī máo suàn pílit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom); fig. trivial (matter)
• 鸡皮疙瘩jī pí gē dagoose pimples; goose bumps
• 嬉皮笑脸xī pí xiào liǎnall smiles; smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly
• 眼皮底下yǎn pí dǐ xiain front of one's eyes
• 毛皮máo pífur; pelt
• 包皮bāo píwrapping; wrapper; foreskin

Characters that look like 皮

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 友yǒufriend
• 左zuǒleft; the Left (politics); east
• 庄zhuāngfarmstead; village; manor
• 亥hài12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the…
• 岌jílofty peak; perilous

Sounds the same

Read pí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 啤beer
• 脾spleen
• 疲weary
• 毗to adjoin; to border on
• 陂used in 黄陂
• 铍beryllium (chemistry)
• 蜱tick (zoology)
• 陴parapet
• 芘Malva sylvestris
• 郫place name
• 枇used in 枇杷
• 狓used in 㺢㹢狓