作 zuò to do / to engage in / to write / to compose / to pretend / to feign / to regard as / to consider to be / to be / to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings / works syn 皮肤 皮膚 pí fū skin / CL:層|层[ceng2],塊|块[kuai4] syn 肤色 膚色 fū sè skin color 肤浅 膚淺 fū qiǎn skin-deep / superficial / shallow syn 干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 肌肤 肌膚 jī fū skin / flesh / fig. close physical relationship syn 贴身 貼身 tiē shēn worn next to the skin / close-fitting / personal (servant etc) 灼伤 灼傷 zhuó shāng a burn (tissue damage from heat, chemicals etc) / to burn (the skin etc) / (fig.) (of anger, jealousy etc) to hurt (sb) syn 皮毛 pí máo fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge syn 死里逃生 死裡逃生 sǐ lǐ táo shēng mortal danger, escape alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth syn 皮肉 pí ròu skin and flesh / superficial / physical (suffering) / bodily 细腻 細膩 xì nì (of skin etc) smooth / satiny / delicate / (of a performance, depiction, craftsmanship etc) finely detailed / subtle / exquisite / meticulous syn 疙瘩 gē da swelling or lump on skin / pimple / knot / lump / preoccupation / problem syn 剥离 剝離 bō lí to peel / to strip / to peel off / to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc) syn 血色 xuè sè color (of one's skin, a sign of good health) / red of cheeks 皮子 pí zi skin / fur syn 皮肤病 皮膚病 pí fū bìng skin disease / skin condition / dermatosis 黑斑 hēi bān dark spot or blotch on the skin 皮肤癌 皮膚癌 pí fū ái skin cancer 老茧 老繭 lǎo jiǎn callus (patch or hardened skin) / corns (on feet) / also 老趼 syn 外皮 wài pí outer skin / carapace syn 茧子 繭子 jiǎn zi callus (patch or hardened skin) / corns (on feet) / also 趼子 syn 脱皮 脫皮 tuō pí (of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience syn 面皮 miàn pí dumpling skin / piecrust syn 鱼尾纹 魚尾紋 yú wěi wén wrinkles of the skin / crow's feet 蜕皮 蛻皮 tuì pí skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell 干涩 乾澀 gān sè dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style) syn 水饺 水餃 shuǐ jiǎo boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli) 封皮 fēng pí outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal syn 痱子 fèi zi miliaria (type of skin disease) / prickly heat / sweat rash 植皮 zhí pí to graft skin / skin grafting 白嫩 bái nèn (of skin etc) fair / delicate syn 龟裂 龜裂 jūn liè to crack / cracked / fissured / creviced / (of skin) chapped syn 兽皮 獸皮 shòu pí animal skin / hide 白净 白淨 bái jìng (of skin) fair and clear syn 豆腐皮 dòu fu pí tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu) syn 黑炭 hēi tàn coal / charcoal / (of skin) darkly pigmented / charcoal (color) / bituminous coal (mining) 滑腻 滑膩 huá nì (of skin) satiny syn 画皮 畫皮 huà pí painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty) syn 养颜 養顏 yǎng yán to nourish one's skin / to maintain a youthful appearance 肌理 jī lǐ texture (of skin, surface etc) 美白 měi bái to whiten (the skin or teeth) 白皙 bái xī (of complexion or skin) fair and clear 乳液 rǔ yè (skin) cream / lotion / emulsion 点水 點水 diǎn shuǐ to skim / lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水) / skin-deep 吓一跳 嚇一跳 xià yī tiào startled / to frighten / scared out of one's skin 皮下 pí xià under the skin / subcutaneous (injection) 去皮 qù pí to peel / to remove the skin / to tare 化妆水 化妝水 huà zhuāng shuǐ skin toner 剥皮 剝皮 bāo pí to skin / to flay / to peel / (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals / also pr. [bo1pi2] 干裂 乾裂 gān liè (of dry soil etc) to crack / (of skin) to chap syn 角质层 角質層 jiǎo zhì céng stratum corneum (outermost layer of the skin) 内皮 內皮 nèi pí (med.) endothelium / thin skin on the inside of some fruits (e.g. oranges) 脆皮 cuì pí crispy skin (of food) 蛇皮 shé pí snake skin 肉皮 ròu pí pork skin 柔肤水 柔膚水 róu fū shuǐ skin toner 妮维雅 妮維雅 nī wéi yǎ Nivea, skin and body care brand 拔罐 bá guàn cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics) 皮 pí leather / skin / fur / CL:張|张[zhang1] / pico- (one trillionth) / naughty syn 剥 剝 bō to peel / to skin / to flay / to shuck syn 剥 剝 bāo to peel / to skin / to shell / to shuck syn 扒 bā to peel / to skin / to tear / to pull down / to cling to (sth on which one is climbing) / to dig syn 霜 shuāng frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream syn 淹 yān to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay syn 筋 jīn muscle / tendon / veins visible under the skin / sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable) syn 衬 襯 chèn (of garments) against the skin / to line / lining / to contrast with / to assist financially syn 肤 膚 fū skin syn 羯 jié ram, esp. gelded / to castrate / deer's skin syn 疮 瘡 chuāng sore / skin ulcer syn 螫 zhē (of a bee or spider etc) to sting or bite / (of an irritant) to make (one's eyes or skin) sting syn 蜕 蛻 tuì skin cast off during molting / exuvia / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell 潜泳 潛泳 qián yǒng diving / esp. skin diving 癞 癩 lài scabies / skin disease syn 浮浅 浮淺 fú qiǎn skin-deep / superficial / shallow syn 晒斑 曬斑 shài bān sunburn spots (on skin) 瘢 bān mark / scar on the skin syn 箬 ruò (bamboo) / skin of bamboo syn 旁氏 páng shì Pond's (brand of skin care products) 蒙皮 méng pí skin / covering 疮痍 瘡痍 chuāng yí wound / skin ulcer / (fig.) the desolation of trauma / desolation in the aftermath of a disaster 股癣 股癬 gǔ xuǎn tinea cruris, fungal skin infection of the groin / dermatomycosis, esp. sexually transmitted / jock itch 瓜皮帽 guā pí mào Chinese skullcap resembling the skin of half a watermelon syn 筠 yún skin of bamboo syn 胪 臚 lú belly / skin / to state / to pass on information / to display 腠 còu the tissue between the skin and the flesh syn 皮面 pí miàn outer skin / surface / leather cover (of a book) / drum skin / leather upper (of a shoe) syn 皴裂 cūn liè (of lips, skin etc) to chap syn 苠 mín multitude / skin of bamboo 忍垢偷生 rěn gòu tōu shēng to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom) 忍辱偷生 rěn rǔ tōu shēng to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom) 拉大旗作虎皮 lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom) / fig. to borrow sb's prestige / to take the name of a great cause as a shield 蚂蚁包 螞蟻包 mǎ yǐ bāo ant bite (swollen, itchy bump) / anthill / ant mound / (metonym) ant nest 皽 zhāo (literary) dead skin cells on the surface of the skin / Taiwan pr. [zhan3] 疕 bǐ facial skin disease / mange 瘯 cù (skin disease) 筎 rú thin outside skin of bamboo 圪垯 gē da mound / knoll / swelling or lump on skin / pimple / knot / lump / preoccupation / problem 夏士莲 夏士蓮 xià shì lián Hazeline, Unilever range of skin care products 