削皮 (xiāopí): to peel (with a knife or peeler)

Meanings

1 to peel (with a knife or peeler)
2 to pare the skin off

Characters

削

Examples

吃苹果之前先削皮吧。

Chī píngguǒ zhīqián xiān xiāopí ba.

Let's peel the apple before eating it.

她用刀给土豆削皮。

Tā yòng dāo gěi tǔdòu xiāopí.

She peeled the potatoes with a knife.

Tips

usage

削 here is read xiāo (colloquial), not xuē. 削皮 implies using a blade; 去皮 is a more general 'remove the skin' covering any method (blanching, rubbing, etc.).

Stroke Order

削 xiāo

皮 pí

Related Words

削皮刀 xiāopídāo

peeler / vegetable peeler / paring knife

削皮器 xiāopíqì

peeler / vegetable peeler

削 xiāo HSK 7 #8,535

to peel; to pare / to whittle; to shave off

刨皮 bàopí

to peel (with a peeler) / to plane off the skin

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)

脱皮 tuōpí #35,286

to peel (of skin) / to flake off / to molt

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