膚 (fu1 | fu1) : skin; skin-deep; superficial

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膚

fu1

fu1

[1] [n] skin; surface
[2] [adj] skin-deep; superficial; shallow

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Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 肉 (#130)

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

膚 / 肤

This word has been viewed 6452 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Apr 2014 01:40

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潤膚膏 jeon6 fu1 gou1 run4 fu1 gao1 = moisturizer; moisturiser

皮膚科 pei4 fu1 fo1 pi2 fu1 ke1 = dermatology

肌膚 gei1 fu1 ji1 fu1 = skin

膚淺 fu1 cin2 fu1 qian3 = have all one's goods in the window; superficial

皮膚 pei4 fu1 pi2 fu1 = skin (of a person)

爽膚水 song2 fu1 seoi2 = toner (cosmetic item)

潤膚霜 jeon6 fu1 soeng1 = cream, lotion

中性皮膚 zung1 sing3 pei4 fu1 zhong1 xing4 pi2 fu1 = normal skin

近乎完美的肌膚 gan6 fu4 jyun4 mei5 dik1 gei1 fu1 = near-perfect skin 國

切膚之痛 cit3 fu1 zi1 tung3 qie4 fu1 zhi1 tong4 = keenly felt pain
See all 16 compounds (CantoDict reports 18 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 膚
Unicode code for this character: U+819a (off-site link)

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