漆皮 (qī pí) — patent leather; lacquered leather; (less common…

Definition

noun

patent leatherlacquered leather(less common) a coat of paint or shellac

Measure word · 块

漆皮，。
Zhè shuāng qī pí pí xié fēi cháng liàng, shì hé zhèng shì chǎng hé.
This pair of patent leather shoes is very shiny, suitable for formal occasions.
漆皮。
Tā mǎi le yí gè hēi sè de qī pí shǒu tí bāo.
She bought a black patent leather handbag.
漆皮，。
Zhè jiàn jiā jù de biǎo miàn shuā le yī céng qī pí, kàn qǐ lái hěn guāng huá.
The surface of this piece of furniture has been painted with a coat of lacquer, making it look very smooth.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

漆qīlacquer

皮píleather

“漆” is lacquer or paint, and “皮” is leather or skin, so the word denotes leather finished with lacquer.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

桼

桼qī漆qī

Same sound today

漆 adds 水 (water) to 桼 (resin used to make varnish), which was the earlier form of the word.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

皮 shows a hand pulling fur off an animal pelt, with the pelt drawn at the upper left.