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皮

Mandarin · pinyin pí#

Mandarin · pinyin Pí#

surname Pi

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皮: pí · skin, hide, fur, feather; outer

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2 · pi2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

pei2 · pei4

Cantonese word readings for 皮. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

skin; peel; shell; rind (Classifier: 塊／块 m c; 層／层 m c)
hide; leather
wrapper; cover; skin
surface; top part
rubber
thin sheet; broad, flat piece (of some thin material)
soggy; no longer crispy due to moisture
naughty; disobedient
feeling indifferent due to excessive reprimands or chastisements; thick-skinned; callous
pico- (SI unit prefix)
sticky; glutinous; tenacious
brazen; cheeky; shameless; impudent
outer; superficial
(Harbin Mandarin) face
(Cantonese) side; edge
(Cantonese, colloquial) Classifier for money: yuan; dollar; buck
(Cantonese, colloquial) Classifier for ten thousand dollars.
(Cantonese, colloquial) Classifier for size of implements, articles, etc..
(Mainland China Hokkien) to act shamelessly; to act impudently; to be brazen
(Guiyang Mandarin) Classifier for clothes.
(Huizhou) Classifier for walls.
(VTuber fandom slang) model
a surname

character

(Cantonese) short for 皮費／皮费 (“operation expense”)

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