皮肤白

皮膚白

pífūbái

phrase

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

她皮肤白，穿什么颜色都好看。

Tā pífū bái, chuān shénme yánsè dōu hǎokàn.

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

我皮肤白，一晒就红。

Wǒ pífū bái, 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