擦破皮

cāpòpí

phrase

Meanings

1 to scrape the skin
2 to get a scrape/graze

Characters

Examples

他摔了一跤，膝盖擦破皮了。

Tā shuāi le yì jiāo, xīgài cāpòpí le.

He took a tumble and scraped the skin on his knee.

没事，就擦破点皮，不严重。

Méishì, jiù cāpò diǎn pí, bùyán zhòng.

It's fine — just a little scrape, nothing serious.

擦破皮了记得消毒，不然会感染。

Cāpòpí le jìde xiāodú, bùrán huì gǎnrǎn.

If you scrape your skin, remember to disinfect it or it'll get infected.

Tips

grammar

A verb-result structure: 擦 (scrape) + 破 (break) + 皮 (skin). You can slot extra words in: 擦破了一层皮 (scraped off a layer of skin), 擦破点皮 (just a little scrape). Common minor-injury language.

Stroke Order

擦 cā

破 pò

皮 pí