牛皮糖

niúpítáng

noun

Measure Word

一块牛皮糖 kuài

Meanings

1 chewy taffy candy (lit. 'cowhide candy')
2 (figurative) clingy, persistent person you can't shake off

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

扬州的牛皮糖软糯有嚼劲。

Yángzhōu de niúpítáng ruǎnnuò yǒu jiáojìn.

Yangzhou's niupi taffy is soft, sticky and pleasingly chewy.

HSK 7-9

这家伙就像牛皮糖一样，甩都甩不掉。

Zhè jiāhuo jiù xiàng niúpítáng yīyàng, shuǎi dōu shuǎi bù diào.

This guy is like cowhide taffy - you just can't shake him off.

Tips

usage

Two senses worth knowing: literally a chewy taffy (Yangzhou is famous for it), and figuratively someone tenaciously clingy - once stuck to you, impossible to peel away. The figurative sense often appears as 跟牛皮糖似的.

Stroke Order

牛 niú

皮 pí

糖 táng