皮鞋
HSK 4 (exam 2025)Old HSK 3
皮鞋 (píxié) · leather shoes
皮鞋 (píxié) means “leather shoes”. It is written with 2 characters: 皮 (skin) + 鞋 (shoe). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 皮鞋 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)
鞋 xié · shoe
What 鞋 is made of
- 革gé — leather
- 廿niàn — twenty
- 廾gǒng — two hands
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 廿niàn — twenty
- 圭guī — jade tablet
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
Origin hint: 革 gives the meaning, 圭 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他穿了一双黑皮鞋。Tā chuān le yī shuāng hēi píxié.He is wearing a pair of black leather shoes.
这双皮鞋多少钱？Zhè shuāng píxié duōshǎo qián?How much are these leather shoes?
Questions about 皮鞋
What does 皮鞋 mean?
皮鞋 (píxié) means “leather shoes”.
How do you pronounce 皮鞋?
皮鞋 is pronounced píxié.
Which HSK level is 皮鞋?
皮鞋 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
Learn 皮鞋 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 3 · Group 18: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.