皮肤白

皮膚白

pífūbái

phrase

Meanings

1 (one's) skin is fair
2 fair-skinned

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

她皮肤白，穿什么颜色都好看。

Tā pífūbái, chuān shénme yánsè dōu hǎokàn.

Her skin is fair, so any color looks good on her.

HSK 5

我皮肤白，一晒就红。

Wǒ pífūbái, yí shài jiù hóng.

My skin is fair - I turn red as soon as I'm in the sun.

Tips

grammar

Subject-predicate 'topic is fair' construction, looser and more colloquial than the compressed 肤白. Use 皮肤白 in conversation and 肤白 in advertising copy or set phrases like 肤白貌美.

Stroke Order

皮 pí

肤 fū

白 bái