白皙

báixī

adjective

Meanings

1 fair and clear (of skin)
2 pale and translucent

Characters

(of skin) fair, clear

Examples

HSK 4

镜头下他的脸格外白皙。

Jìngtóu xià tā de liǎn géwài báixī.

On camera his face looks particularly fair.

HSK 7-9

她的皮肤白皙细腻。

Tā de pífū báixī xìnì.

Her skin is fair and smooth.

Tips

register

More literary and complimentary than 白 or 肤白 - implies not just pale but luminous and fine-textured. Standard in fashion/beauty writing; 皙 itself appears almost exclusively in this compound.

Stroke Order

白 bái

皙 xī