皮 (pei4 pei4*2 | pi2) : skin; leather; wrapper; naughty; buck

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皮

pei4 pei4*2

pi2

[粵] pei4 | [國] pi2
[1] [n] skin; peel; rind
[2] [n] leather; hide; fur
[3] [n] wrapper; cover; thin sheet
[4] [adj] naughty; mischievous

[粵] pei4 - Cantonese only
[1] [n] [slang] buck; dollar; $10,000
[2] [n] [slang] level; standard; size

[粵] pei4*2 - Cantonese only
[1] [n] fur coat; leather goods
[2] [n] capital; overheads | [國] 皮費, 本錢

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Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 皮 (#107)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

皮

This word has been viewed 16102 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Jul 2013 05:13

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牛皮 ngau4 pei4 = cow-hide; stubborn

包皮 baau1 pei4 bao1 pi2 = outer skin, wrapper; foreskin

皮帶 pei4 daai3*2 pi2 dai4 = belt (usually in leather)

皮鞋 pei4 haai4 pi2 xie2 = leather shoes

皮光肉滑 pei4 gwong1 juk6 waat6 = smooth skin

橡皮擦 zoeng6 pei4 caat3*2 xiang4 pi2 ca1 = rubber; eraser 國

樹皮 syu6 pei4 shu4 pi2 = tree bark

皮袋 pei4 doi6*2 pi2 dai4 = hand bag (in leather)

紙皮箱 zi2 pei4 soeng1 = cardboard box 粵

皮球 pei4 kau4 pi2 qiu2 = rubber ball
See all 189 compounds (CantoDict reports 197 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 皮

蘋果，我鐘意㓟咗皮先至食粵
I like to peel apples before eating them.
[Lit. apples, I like peel [perfective zo2] skin only-then eat.]

食完香蕉之後，要掉咗塊蕉皮粵
Throw away the peel after you've finished the banana.
[Lit. eat-finish banana afterwards, need throw-[particle used in imperatives] [counter] banana-skin. Classifier 塊 is optional if the object (蕉皮) consists of two characters. But 塊 would be mandatory if followed by single character 皮. ]

將個蘋果㓟皮先至食
Peel the apple before eating it.

我食蘋果通常都唔㓟皮嘅粵
I usually eat apples without peeling its skin.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 皮
Unicode code for this character: U+76ae (off-site link)

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