肤色 (fū sè) — skin color; complexion | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

skin colorcomplexion

Examples

肤色，。
Tā de fū sè hěn bái, xiàng xuě yí yàng.
Her skin is very white, like snow.
肤色。
Zhǒng zú qí shì bú yīng gāi jī yú fū sè.
Racial discrimination should not be based on skin color.
肤色。
Jīng cháng shài tài yáng huì ràng fū sè biàn shēn.
Frequently sunbathing will darken one's skin color.

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.

肤 (skin) and 色 (color) combine to mean skin color.

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

肉肉ròuflesh

Sound part声符shēngfú

夫

夫fū肤fū

Same sound today

The shape of 肤 comes from 肉, flesh, plus 夫, which gives the sound.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

爪爪zhuǎclaw; hand
卩卩jiékneeling person

色 pairs 爪 (a hand) with 卩 (a kneeling person), showing a hand pressing down on the kneeling person.

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