去皮 (qùpí): to peel

Meanings

1 to peel
2 to remove the skin
3 to tare (weighing)

Characters

去

qù

to remove, to get rid of

皮

pí

skin, peel

Examples

番茄先去皮再下锅。

Fānqié xiān qùpí zài xià guō.

Peel the tomatoes before putting them in the pot.

菜谱写着鸡肉去皮去骨。

Càipǔ xiě zhe jīròu qùpí qù gǔ.

The recipe says the chicken should be skinned and boned.

Tips

usage

去皮 is the generic 'remove the skin' — any method, any ingredient (fruit, vegetable, meat). Recipes favor it over the more method-specific 削皮 (knife) or 刨皮 (peeler).

Stroke Order

去 qù

皮 pí

Related Words

干皮 gānpí

dry skin (skin type) / a person with dry skin

皮 pí HSK 3 #1,314

skin; leather / peel; rind; surface / naughty; mischievous (colloquial)

去掉 qùdiào HSK 6 #6,176

to get rid of; to remove / to eliminate; to strip away

豆皮 dòupí

tofu skin / dried beancurd sheet / (Wuhan dish) doupi — pan-fried sticky-rice and beancurd-skin parcel

奶皮 nǎipí

milk skin (the film that forms on heated milk) / urum (Mongolian clotted milk skin dairy snack, usually called 奶皮子)

冰皮月饼 bīngpíyuèbǐng

snow skin mooncake / ice skin mooncake

双皮奶 shuāngpínǎi

double skin milk (Cantonese milk custard dessert) / steamed milk-egg custard with a double-layered skin

磨皮 mópí

(photo editing) to smooth skin; skin-smoothing filter / (cosmetic) dermabrasion

破皮 pòpí

to scrape/graze the skin; to break the skin

油皮 yóupí

oily skin / person with oily skin