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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

皮肤

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pífū

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Skin/skɪn/
nounverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"皮肤是身体的第一道防线。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The outer covering of the body of a person or animal.

    "The sunburn left her skin red and painful."
  2. 2

    A layer of tissue that forms the outer protective covering of an organism.

    "The skin of the fruit is often discarded when making a pie."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old Norse 'skinn', meaning animal hide or skin, stemming from the Proto-Germanic root 'skinþan'. Historically, it referred primarily to animal pelts before expanding in Middle English to encompass the natural outer covering of the human body.

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