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Word and Radical Components of 皮肤

The Chinese word 皮肤 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
皮肤 1. Simplified form of 皮膚

皮肤 ⇨ 皮 + 肤
Component Pinyin Meanings
皮 pí 1. skin; peel; shell
     甩皮 - to have flaky skin; to have peeling skin
     樹皮 - bark
     香蕉 皮 - banana peel
2. hide; leather
     皮鞋 - leather shoes
3. wrapper; cover; skin
     餃子zi 皮 - jiaozi wrapper
4. surface; top part
     水皮 - water surface
5. rubber
6. thin sheet
     鐵皮 - iron sheet
7. outer; superficial
8. sticky; glutinous
9. soggy; non-crispy
10. naughty; disobedient
11. thick-skinned
12. pico- (SI unit prefix)
13. (Cantonese, colloquial) ten thousand dollars
14. (Cantonese) Short for 皮費, operation expense
肤 1. Simplified form of 膚

皮 ⇨ 丿 + 支
Component Pinyin Meanings
丿 piě 1. slash
yì 2. left-falling stroke, usually read as 撇
3. to arrive
支 zhī 1. to support; to bear; to sustain
2. to disburse; to pay; to defray
3. to prop up; to put up
4. to send away; to put off somebody
5. branch; limb; offshoot; subdivision
     (Alternative form 枝)
     (Alternative form 枝)
     唱 支 歌 嚟 聽 下haa5 吖！ - Sing a song for us!
6. (now usually derogatory and offensive) Short for 支那 China
     印支 - Indochina
     日 滿 支 親善 - friendship among Japan, Manchuria and China
     支語 警察 - (Taiwan, Internet slang) people who like to correct or criticize the use of Mainland terms, lit=Chink language police
7. (telegraphy) the fourth day of a month
8. Variant of 丈

肤 ⇨ ⺼ + 夫
Component Pinyin Meanings
肉 ròu, rù 1. meat; flesh
     豬肉 - pork
     牛肉 - beef
     我 從不 吃 肉。 - I never eat meat.
     這 種 魚 的 肉 異常 鮮美。 - The flesh of this kind of fish has exceptional delicacy.
     不久，鬣狗 便可 飽餐一頓 這些 死 了 的 動物 的 肉。 - Soon, the hyenas could then feast on the flesh of these dead animals.
2. (specifically) pork
     肉三鮮 的 餃子zi - three delicious ingredient pork dumpling
     蒜薹 炒 肉 - garlic chive and pork stir-fry
3. body
     肉體 - physical body -
4. flesh; pulp
     這 桃子zi 肉 味 甜 汁 多。 - The flesh of the peach was sweet and juicy.
5. (ACG) media; video
     生肉 - raws (not fansubbed videos or clips -)
     熟肉 - localized, subbed(, - or dubbed media)
     烤肉 - localized, subbed(, - or dubbed media, with detailed effects)
ròu 6. (archaic) edge; brim; an outer part of a ring-shaped object (such as coin or jade annulus)
7. (archaic, of sound and music) rich; substantial
8. (dialectal Mandarin) spongy; squashy; flabby
     這 西瓜 瓤兒r 太 肉 了。 - The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy.
9. (dialectal Mandarin) slow; sluggish
     這 個 人 做事 真 肉。 - This person does everything sluggishly.
10. meat; flesh
     豬肉 - pork, MN
     牛肉 - beef, MN
11. (specifically) pork
     肉骨 - pork ribs, MN
12. flesh; pulp
     龍眼乾 肉 - flesh of dried longan, MN
13. main part of an object
     刀肉 - blade of a knife or sword, MN
夫 fū 1. male adult; man
2. The gate of the Sword Parapet stands firm on its frightful height.One man defending it, a thousand men could not break it open.
3. , ref=(circa2, early 8th century, short=yes), Li Bai (lw, zh, 李白), lw, zh, s:zh:蜀道難 (李白), 蜀道難. Translated into the English as The Steep Road to Shuh by Shigeyoshi Obata (lang, ja, 小畑薫良), 1922.
4. husband
     前夫 - ex-husband
     夫婦 - married couple
5. manual worker
     農夫 - peasant
     漁夫 - fisherman
6. conscripted laborer
fú 7. Variant of 伕
8. (Cantonese, informal, card games) full house

夫 ⇨ 二 + 人
Component Pinyin Meanings
二 èr 1. two
     二 號 線 (èr hào xiàn) - line no. 2
2. second
     二哥 - second elder brother
     二意 - tr=èryì -
     二心 - tr=èrxīn -
3. (handwritten, dated, now, informal) (An iteration mark denoting the repetition of the previous hanzi; often written at a smaller size when used for this purpose.)
     Synonyms: 々, 〻
4. Short for "twenty, two hundred or two thousand" after hundreds, thousands and ten thousands.
     ※ (Such a definition of a number results from a number's being used without a unit after a quantity with both a value (exists even if hidden) and a unit to indicate the quantity with the value
     百 二 - one hundred twenty
     百 二 (pah jī) - one hundred twenty, MN
     買 電腦 花 了 一 千 二。 (Mǎi diànnǎo huā le yī qiān èr.) - Buying the computer cost me a thousand and two hundred bucks.
5. Short for "twenty cents".
     黃瓜 一 塊 二 一 斤。 (Huángguā yī kuài èr yī jīn.) - The cucumbers are one dollar twenty per half kilogram.
6. (dialectal Mandarin) stupid, dumb; silly, thick, lacking mental agility (often in a cute way)
     你 這 人 怎麼 這麼 二！ (Nǐ zhè rén zěnme zhème èr!) - Why are you so incorrigibly stupid!
7. (HKC, school slang) to obtain a level two in a subject in DSE (exam) (usually implies failing the subject)
     我 中文man4-2 二 咗，入 唔到 Uju1。 - I got a level two in Chinese, can't get into university.
8. (classical) Alternative form of 貳; usually limited to the simplified script
     不二过 - tr=bù'èrguò
9. usage. See 兩 - Usage notes.
人 rén 1. man; person; people
     人類 (rénlèi) - humans
     那 人 是 誰？ (Nà rén shì shéi?) - Who is that person?
     嗰個 人jan4-2 係 邊個 嚟 㗎？ - Who is that person?
     有人 敲門 了。 (Yǒurén qiāomén le.) - Someone knocked on the door.
2. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er
     主持人 (zhǔchírén) - host
     北京人 (Běijīngrén) - Beijinger
     香港人 - Hongkonger
3. body
     人 在 心 不 在 (rén zài xīn bù zài) - the body is here but the heart is not
     這 兩 天 人 不大 舒服。 (Zhè liǎng tiān rén bùdà shūfú.) - I lit. the body haven't been feeling that well these few days.
     今天 上午 你 人 在 哪？ (Jīntiān shàngwǔ nǐ rén zài nǎ?) - Where have you been this morning?
4. everybody; everyone
     人手.一冊 (rénshǒu yīcè) - It's a bestseller. (lit. Everyone has a copy.)
     人所共知 (rénsuǒgòngzhī) - common knowledge
5. other people; others
     人云.亦云 (rényún yìyún) - to follow the crowd (lit. to say what others say)
     害人害己 (hàirénhàijǐ) - to harm others and onself
6. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition; character; personality
     就我所知，他 人 不錯。 (Jiùwǒsuǒzhī, tā rén bùcuò.) - As far as I know, he is kind (lit. his personality is not bad).
     我 不 知道 他 是 什麼 人。 (Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shénme rén.) - I don't know what kind of person he is.
     佢 到底 係 咩 人 嚟㗎？ - Exactly what kind of person is he?
7. manpower; worker; employee
     我們 公司 正 缺 人。 (Wǒmen gōngsī zhèng quē rén.) - Our company is short on manpower right now.
8. talent; person of talent
9. (obsolete) common people; commoner
10. adult; grown-up
     長zhǎng大 成人 (zhǎngdà chéng'rén) - to grow up to be an adult
11. (Cantonese) (used as a dummy pronoun); someone; others
12. (Zhao'an Hakka) pluralizes a personal pronoun
     ?人、你人、佢人 (ngài ngìn, ngì ngìn, kì ngìn) - we, you all, they
13. (obsolete) sexual intercourse
     人道 (réndào) - sexual intercourse
     人事 (rénshì) - sexual intercourse
14. (obsolete) company; companion; friend
15. artificial; man-made
     人禍 (rénhuò) - human disaster
16. (obsolete) human affairs; ways of the world
17. (obsolete) mortal world; earthly word
18. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (kernel, tr=rén)
19. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (charity, tr=rén)
20. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (loving; kind, tr=rén)
21. (Beijing) Lenition of rénjia.
     別 磨蹭ceng 啦，人 在zǎi 外頭tou 等 著着zhe 我們 呢！ (Bié móceng la, rén zǎi wàitou děng zhe wǒmen ne!) - Stop dilly-dallying. He/She/They is/are waiting for us outside!, M-UIB
     哎呀，人 孩子zi 考上shang 哈佛 大學 啦，多 出息xi 呀！ (Āiya, rén háizi kǎoshang Hāfó Dàxué la, duō chūxi ya!) - Geez, his/her/their kid got into Harvard University. How promising!, M-UIB
     人 別人ren 都 不 吱zī聲sheng兒r，就 他 把 這zhèi 事兒r 給 說 出chu來lai 了。 - , M-UIB, Rén biéren dōu bù zīshengr, jiù tā bǎ zhèi shìr gěi shuō chulai le.
22. (Taishanese) paternal grandmother