剥皮

剝皮

bāopí

verb

Meanings

1 to skin
2 to flay
3 to peel
4 to haul someone over the coals

Characters

to peel; to strip

Examples

HSK 4

他熟练地把香蕉剥皮。

Tā shúliàn de bǎ xiāngjiāo bāopí.

He skillfully peeled the banana.

HSK 5

要是被妈妈发现，非剥皮不可。

Yàoshi bèi māma fāxiàn, fēi bāopí bùkě.

If mom finds out, she'll absolutely tear into me.

Tips

mistakes

The character 剥 has two readings: bāo in colloquial speech (剥皮, 剥香蕉) and bō in literary or compound terms (剥削 'to exploit'). Spoken Mandarin usually picks bāo for everyday peeling.

Stroke Order

剥 bāo

皮 pí