皮肤 pífū skin
How to remember 皮肤: 皮 skin + 肤 skin = skin.
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How it is used
- Skin (of the human body) - 皮肤很好 (pífū hěn hǎo) nice skin, 皮肤病 (pífū bìng) skin disease.
- Specifically human/body skin in a medical/cosmetic sense; both characters mean skin.
- Contrast 皮 (pí) alone, which is skin/hide/peel of animals, fruit, or leather (橘子皮 orange peel); 皮肤 is the living skin on a person.
Example sentences
- 她的面部皮肤很好。 Tā de miànbù pífū hěn hǎo.She has a wonderful facial complexion.
- 她的皮肤白得像雪。 Tā de pífū bái de xiàng xuě.Her skin is as white as snow.
- 她的皮肤比雪还白。 Tā de pífū bǐxuě hái bái.Her skin is whiter than snow.