皮肤
HSK 4 (exam 2025)Old HSK 4
皮肤 (pífū) · skin
皮肤 (pífū) means “skin”. It is written with 2 characters: 皮 (skin) + 肤 (skin). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 皮肤 is built
The characters
皮 pí · skin
What 皮 is made of
- 攴pū — to rap
Origin hint: A hand using a tool 攴 to strip the hide from a carcass (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
肤 fū · skin
What 肤 is made of
- ⺼ — meat
- 夫fū — man
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Example sentences
她的皮肤很好。Tā de pífū hěn hǎo.Her skin is very good.
夏天要注意保护皮肤。Xiàtiān yào zhùyì bǎohù pífū.Take care of your skin in summer.
Questions about 皮肤
What does 皮肤 mean?
皮肤 (pífū) means “skin”.
How do you pronounce 皮肤?
皮肤 is pronounced pífū.
Which HSK level is 皮肤?
皮肤 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
Learn 皮肤 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 4 · Group 33: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.