脱皮 (tuōpí): to peel (of skin)

Meanings

1 to peel (of skin)
2 to flake off
3 to molt

Characters

脱

Examples

晒伤后背上开始脱皮。

Shàishāng hòu bèi shàng kāishǐ tuōpí.

After the sunburn his back started peeling.

蛇每年要脱皮好几次。

Shé měi nián yào tuōpí hǎo jǐ cì.

Snakes molt several times a year.

Tips

usage

脱皮 covers both literal (skin after sunburn, snakes shedding) and figurative senses — 脱一层皮 means 'to go through hell,' as if losing a layer of skin to an ordeal.

Stroke Order

脱 tuō

皮 pí

Related Words

脱 tuō HSK 4 #987

to take off; to remove (clothing) / to shed; to come off / to escape; to break free

脱光 tuōguāng #7,722

to strip naked; to take off all clothes / to shed completely (leaves, skin, etc.)

皮 pí HSK 3 #1,314

skin; leather / peel; rind; surface / naughty; mischievous (colloquial)

脱落 tuōluò HSK 7 #13,724

to drop off / to fall off / to come loose

摆脱 bǎituō HSK 4 #2,265

to break free from / to get rid of / to shake off

皮肤 pífū HSK 5 #2,168

skin (of a person) / complexion

干皮 gānpí

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

刨皮 bàopí

to peel (with a peeler) / to plane off the skin

削皮 xiāopí

to peel (with a knife or peeler) / to pare the skin off

脱衣舞 tuōyīwǔ #4,255

striptease