破皮 (pòpí): to scrape/graze the skin; to br…

Meanings

1 to scrape/graze the skin; to break the skin

Characters

破

Examples

摔了一跤,膝盖破皮了。

Shuāi le yì jiāo, xīgài pòpí le.

I took a fall and scraped my knee.

伤口只是破皮,不严重。

Shāngkǒu zhǐ shì pòpí, bù yánzhòng.

The wound is just a graze, nothing serious.

Tips

usage

A mild injury — the skin is broken but no deep cut. Often used as 破点皮 (pòdiǎn pí, just a little scrape) to downplay a minor wound. Common treatment phrase: 消毒 (xiāodú, disinfect).

Stroke Order

破 pò

皮 pí

Related Words

擦破皮 cāpòpí

to scrape the skin / to get a scrape/graze

破 pò HSK 3 #1,052

broken; damaged / to break; to split; to destroy / to expose; to break through

擦破 cāpò

to scrape / to graze (skin) / to abrade

干皮 gānpí

dry skin (skin type) / a person with dry skin

打破 dǎpò HSK 3 #2,968

to break; to smash / to break (a record, a rule, silence)

破发 pòfā

to break serve (tennis) / break of serve

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

刮地皮 guādìpí

to scrape the earth's skin / to fleece the people (of corrupt officials) / to extort every last penny