猪皮 (zhū pí) — pigskin, pork rind | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

pigskinpork rind

Measure word · 块

Examples

猪皮，。
Zhè dào cài yòng de shì zhà zhū pí, kǒu gǎn hěn cuì.
This dish uses fried pork rind, and the texture is very crispy.
猪皮。
Tā yòng zhū pí zuò le yì shuāng pí xié.
He made a pair of leather shoes from pigskin.
猪皮。
Chāo shì lǐ yǒu mài xīn xiān de zhū pí.
The supermarket sells fresh pigskin.

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.

猪 gives pig, and 皮 gives skin, so the term means the skin of a pig.

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.

犭者猪

Meaning part形符xíngfú

犭Written in full as犬quǎndog

Sound part声符shēngfú

者

者zhě猪zhū

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

猪 combines 犭, a dog sign, with 者 as a sound part.

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.

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Meat & Seafood Materials & Substances

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