肚皮 (dù pí) — belly (dialectal) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

belly (dialectal)

Measure word · 个

，肚皮。
Tā zuì jìn chī tài duō, dù pí dōu gǔ qǐ lái le.
He's been eating too much lately; his belly is sticking out.
肚皮，。
Nǐ bié guāng zhe dù pí, xiǎo xīn zháo liáng.
Don't go around with your belly exposed; you might catch a cold.
肚皮。
Tā xiào de shí hou dù pí yì dǒu yi dǒu de.
When she laughs, her belly jiggles.

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.

肚皮 is 肚 (belly) plus 皮 (skin), literally the skin on the belly.

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

⺼Written in full as肉ròu

Sound part声符shēngfú

土

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side ⺼ is 肉 (flesh), marking body parts like belly; the right side 土 gives the pronunciation.

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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