皮

• 拼音: pí
• 汉字拆解: 皮 = pictograph of a hand stretching an animal hide; serves as a radical in many skin/surface-related characters

含义

Skin; leather; hide; peel. Refers to the outer covering of a person, animal, or object.

Very versatile word. Can mean human skin (皮肤), animal hide or leather (皮革/皮鞋), the peel of fruit (苹果皮), or a wrapper (饺子皮). Colloquially, 皮 can also describe a naughty or mischievous child (这孩子真皮). In compounds, it often relates to leather goods.

例句

1. 这双皮鞋的质量非常好。
2. 妈妈正在削苹果皮。
3. 冬天皮肤容易变得很干。

用法指南

语境: daily life, clothing, food

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 这个包是真皮做的。(This bag is made of real leather.)
• 吃苹果要不要削皮？(Do you peel the apple before eating it?)

错误说法

• 他的脸皮很高。(Don't say 脸皮很高 — the correct expression for being thick-skinned is 脸皮厚, using 厚 (thick), not 高 (tall).)

起源与历史

A pictographic character originally depicting an animal hide being stretched by a hand. The ancient form showed a hand peeling off skin, reflecting its core meaning of outer covering.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal