肤
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fū · skin

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8Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 肤

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fūWords pronounced fū
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Example sentences

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Wǒ de pí fū shì gān xìng de.我的皮肤是干性的。

I have dry skin.

Source: Tatoeba #2054071 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zài tā de wén zhāng zhōng zǒng shì yǒu tài duō fū qiǎn de qiáo duàn.在他的文章中总是有太多肤浅的桥段。

There was always too much superfluous writing in his essays.

Source: Tatoeba #502940 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de jī fū rú tóng niú nǎi yí yàng jié bái, shēn shàng méi yǒu yí chù bān diǎn.她的肌肤如同牛奶一样洁白,身上没有一处斑点。

Her skin is as white as milk, without a single blemish on her body.

Source: Tatoeba #8589283 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tāng mǔ dé le yì zhǒng hǎn jiàn de pí fū bìng.汤姆得了一种罕见的皮肤病。

Tom has a rare skin disease.

Source: Tatoeba #13890577 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yǎn yuán de pí fū shì huà guò zhuāng de.演员的皮肤是化过妆的。

The actress' skin has makeup on it.

Source: Tatoeba #2188447 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de pí fū bǐ xuě hái bái.她的皮肤比雪还白。

Her skin is more white than snow.

Source: Tatoeba #1422180 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 肤 in context

  1. Say fū, then recall the core meaning: skin.
  2. Write all 8 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 皮肤 (pí fū), meaning “skin”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 肤 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.