盘头 盤頭 pán tóu to coil hair into a bun / hair worn in bun / turban / hair ornament / to interrogate 焗油 jú yóu to condition or dye the hair using hair treatment product in conjunction with a hair steamer 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 皮肤病 皮膚病 pí fū bìng skin disease / skin condition / dermatosis 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 植皮 zhí pí to graft skin / skin grafting 蜕 蛻 tuì skin cast off during molting / exuvia / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell 皮面 pí miàn outer skin / surface / leather cover (of a book) / drum skin / leather upper (of a shoe) syn 皽 zhāo (literary) dead skin cells on the surface of the skin / Taiwan pr. [zhan3] 丝滑 絲滑 sī huá (of food, skin, hair etc) silky / smooth / (fig.) smooth / effortless / seamless 备皮 備皮 bèi pí to prep a patient's skin prior to surgery (shaving hair, cleansing etc) 美发 美髮 měi fà hairdressing / to give sb's hair a cut or other beauty treatment / beautiful hair syn 脱发 脫髮 tuō fà to lose one's hair / hair loss / alopecia 理发 理髮 lǐ fà to get a haircut / to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair / to give (sb) a haircut syn 卷发 卷髮 juǎn fà curly hair / to curl hair 发卡 髮卡 fà qiǎ hair grip / hair clip syn 银发 銀髮 yín fà silver hair / gray hair syn 汗毛 hàn máo hair / soft hair / down syn 束发 束髮 shù fà to tie up one's hair / (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair) 电棒 電棒 diàn bàng (coll.) flashlight / (Tw) stun baton / (Tw) hair iron / hair tongs syn 披头散发 披頭散髮 pī tóu sàn fà with dishevelled hair (idiom) / with one's hair down 挑染 tiāo rǎn highlight (hair) / partial hair dye 蓬茸 péng róng lush / luxuriant (of grass or hair) / soft lush hair 发卷 髮捲 fà juǎn hair roller / curl (of hair) 生发剂 生髮劑 shēng fà jì hair restorer / hair regrowth tonic 干涩 乾澀 gān sè dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style) syn 白皙 bái xī (of complexion or skin) fair and clear 皮肉 pí ròu skin and flesh / superficial / physical (suffering) / bodily 白净 白淨 bái jìng (of skin) fair and clear syn 妮维雅 妮維雅 nī wéi yǎ Nivea, skin and body care brand 腠 còu the tissue between the skin and the flesh syn 妮维娅 妮維婭 nī wéi yà Nivea, skin and body care brand 皮肉之苦 pí ròu zhī kǔ physical pain / lit. skin and flesh suffer 粘皮著骨 nián pí zhù gǔ to glue skin and bind the bones (idiom) / insistent unrelenting conduct 股栗肤粟 股慄膚粟 gǔ lì fū sù with shuddering thighs and skin like gooseflesh (idiom) 皮包骨头 皮包骨頭 pí bāo gǔ tóu to be all skin and bones (idiom) / also written 皮包骨[pi2 bao1 gu3] 细皮嫩肉 細皮嫩肉 xì pí nèn ròu soft skin and tender flesh (idiom) / smooth-skinned 砂糖橘 shā táng jú sugar mandarin (Citrus reticulata cv. "Shatangju"), a cultivar of mandarin that originated in Guangdong, known for its sweet flavor and easy-to-peel skin 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 须发 鬚髮 xū fà hair and beard 霜雪 shuāng xuě frost and snow / (fig.) snowy white (hair) / adversity 蓬头垢面 蓬頭垢面 péng tóu gòu miàn messy hair and dirty face / bad appearance syn 怒发冲冠 怒髮衝冠 nù fà chōng guān lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom) / fig. seething in anger / raise one's hackles syn 繁密 fán mì numerous and close together / (of hair) luxuriant / (of woods) dense / (of gunfire) intense syn 皓首苍颜 皓首蒼顏 hào shǒu cāng yán white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom) / decrepit old age 蓬头跣足 蓬頭跣足 péng tóu xiǎn zú matted hair and bare feet / unkempt 蓬首垢面 péng shǒu gòu miàn lit. with disheveled hair and a dirty face / of unkempt appearance (idiom) 发指眦裂 髮指眥裂 fà zhǐ zì liè hair standing up and eyes wide in anger (idiom) / enraged / in a towering rage 栉风沐雨 櫛風沐雨 zhì fēng mù yǔ lit. to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain (idiom) / fig. to work in the open regardless of the weather syn 开脸 開臉 kāi liǎn (of a bride-to-be) to remove facial hair and trim hairline (old) / to carve a face 头发胡子一把抓 頭髮鬍子一把抓 tóu fa hú zi yī bǎ zhuā lit. hair and beard all in one stroke / fig. to handle different things by the same method / one method to solve all problems / one size fits all 披垂 pī chuí (of clothes, hair etc) to hang down and cover / to flow down 和尚打伞，无法无天 和尚打傘，無法無天 hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiān lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fa4] vs 法[fa3]) / fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven / lawless 直顺 直順 zhí shùn straight and smooth (hair etc) 牛毛 niú máo ox hair (used as a metaphor for sth very numerous or sth fine and delicate) 皮肤 皮膚 pí fū skin / CL:層|层[ceng2],塊|块[kuai4] syn 肌肤 肌膚 jī fū skin / flesh / fig. close physical relationship syn 细腻 細膩 xì nì (of skin etc) smooth / satiny / delicate / (of a performance, depiction, craftsmanship etc) finely detailed / subtle / exquisite / meticulous syn 美白 měi bái to whiten (the skin or teeth) 贴身 貼身 tiē shēn worn next to the skin / close-fitting / personal (servant etc) 血色 xuè sè color (of one's skin, a sign of good health) / red of cheeks 肤色 膚色 fū sè skin color 乳液 rǔ yè (skin) cream / lotion / emulsion 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 养颜 養顏 yǎng yán to nourish one's skin / to maintain a youthful appearance 肤浅 膚淺 fū qiǎn skin-deep / superficial / shallow syn 白嫩 bái nèn (of skin etc) fair / delicate syn 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 水饺 水餃 shuǐ jiǎo boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli) 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] 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 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 面皮 miàn pí dumpling skin / piecrust 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 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 黑斑 hēi bān dark spot or blotch on the skin 外皮 wài pí outer skin / carapace syn 龟裂 龜裂 jūn liè to crack / cracked / fissured / creviced / (of skin) chapped syn 干裂 乾裂 gān liè (of dry soil etc) to crack / (of skin) to chap syn 滑腻 滑膩 huá nì (of skin) satiny syn 兽皮 獸皮 shòu pí animal skin / hide 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) 肌理 jī lǐ texture (of skin, surface etc) 皮肤癌 皮膚癌 pí fū ái skin cancer 封皮 fēng pí outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal syn 脆皮 cuì pí crispy skin (of food) 皮子 pí zi skin / fur syn 鱼尾纹 魚尾紋 yú wěi wén wrinkles of the skin / crow's feet 老茧 老繭 lǎo jiǎn callus (patch or hardened skin) / corns (on feet) / also 老趼 syn 蛇皮 shé pí snake skin 黑炭 hēi tàn coal / charcoal / (of skin) darkly pigmented / charcoal (color) / bituminous coal (mining) 肉皮 ròu pí pork skin 