羊皮 (yáng pí) — sheepskin

Definition

noun
sheepskin
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 羊皮,。
    Zhè jiàn dà yī shì yòng yáng pí zuò de, fēi cháng bǎo nuǎn.
    This coat is made of sheepskin and is very warm.
  • 羊皮。
    Mù mín bǎ yáng pí shài gān hòu mài gěi shāng rén.
    The herders dry the sheepskin in the sun and then sell it to merchants.
  • 羊皮。
    Zhè běn gǔ jí de fēng miàn shì yáng pí zhì chéng de.
    The cover of this ancient book is made of sheepskin.

Origin

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.

皮pískin

羊 (sheep) specifies whose 皮 (skin) it is, so the skin comes from a sheep.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 羊 comes from a drawing of a ram's head.

Open 羊 →

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.

Open 皮 →

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