皴裂

cūnliè
verb #98,868

Meanings

  1. 1 to be chapped (of skin)
  2. 2 to crack from cold and wind

Examples

HSK 4
Běifēng yì chuī, háizimen de liǎn jiù cūnliè le.
As soon as the north wind blows, the children's faces get chapped.
HSK 6
Zài gōngdì gàn le yí ge dōngtiān, tā de shuāngshǒu cūnliè de xiàng shùpí yíyàng.
After a winter on the building site, his hands were as cracked as tree bark.

Tips

usage
The everyday, especially northern, twin of the formal 皲裂. 皴 alone can also mean the grime that builds up on unwashed skin, and in Chinese painting it names 皴法, the textured strokes for rocks and mountains.

Stroke Order

皴 cūn
裂 liè