皮: skin

皮 pí

radical 107 | noun | adjective
: skin, hide, leather, fur
: bark
: naughty

皮 | かわ kawa

noun
: skin; hide; pelt; fur
: rind; peel; husk; bark
: shell; sheath; wrapping
: mask (hiding one’s true nature); seeming

皮膚[肤] pi2fu1: skin [皮膚 OR 皮フ | ひふ hifu: skin]

皮包 pi2bao1: handbag; briefcase

皮帶[带] pi2dai4: strap; leather belt

皮鞋 pi2xie2: leather shoes

皮革 pi2ge2: leather [ひかくhikaku: leather; hide]

調[调]皮 tiao2pi2: naughty; mischievous; unruly

頑[顽]皮 wan2pi2: naughty

橡皮 xiang4pi2: rubber; an eraser

上皮 shang4pi2: epithelium [うわかわ uwakawa OR じょうひ jouhi: outer skin; cuticle; epidermis; epithelium; rind; skin]

丹皮 dan1pi2: the root bark of the peony tree

仿皮 fang3pi2: imitation leather

皮蛋 pi2dan4: thousand-year old eggs; century eggs; preserved eggs
[ピータン pitan: century egg; thousand-year old egg; hundred-year old egg; preserved egg (Chinese delicacy)]

豆腐皮 dou4fu3 pi2: skin of soya-bean milk
[ゆば yuba: tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk]

單眼皮 [单眼皮] dan1 yan3 pi2: single eyelid
雙眼皮 [双眼皮] shuang1 yan3 pi2: double eyelid

冰皮月餅 [冰皮月饼] bing1 pi2 yue4 bing3: snow skin mooncake (with a soft casing which is not baked, instead of the traditional baked pastry casing)

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom | proverb
***羊質虎皮 | ようしつこひ youshi tsukohi
: (yoji) sheep in a tiger’s skin; gimcrack; showy without real worth; all show and no substance

虚実皮膜 | きょじつひまく kyojitsu himaku
: (yoji) the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle. Art abides in a realm that is neither truth nor fiction

皮をかぶる | かわをかぶる kawa o kaburu
: to conceal one’s true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite

首の皮一枚 | くびのかわいちまい kubi no kawa ichimai
: still having a very small chance; still having a tiny shred of hope

化けの皮を現す | ばけのかわをあらわす bake no kawa o arawasu
: to expose one’s true colors; to expose one’s true character

捕らぬ狸の皮算用 | とらぬたぬきのかわざんよう toranu tanuki no kawa zanyou
: (proverb) don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched; counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught

薄皮をはぐように | うすかわをはぐように usu kawa o haguyouni
: little by little; slowly but surely

**腹の皮がよじれる | はらのかわがよじれる hara no kawa ga yojireru
: to convulse (e.g. with laughter); to split one’s sides

腹の皮が突っ張れば目の皮がたるむ | はらのかわがつっぱればめのかわがたるむ
hara no kawa ga tsuppareba me no kawa ga tarumu
: one becomes sleepy when one’s stomach is full

*狗著獅子皮 | くじゃくししひ kujaku shishi hi
: A dog in a lion’s skin; all the dogs fear him till he barks

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
皮開肉綻 [皮开肉绽] pi2 kai1 rou4 zhan4
: flesh lacerated from corporal punishment

互相扯皮 hu4 xiang1 che3 pi2
: to pass the buck; to shirk responsibility

嬉皮笑臉 [嬉皮笑脸] xi1 pi2 xiao4 lian3
: all smiles; smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly

沒有臉皮 [没有脸皮] mei2 you3 lian3 pi2
: ashamed; embarrassed; not having the face (to meet people); not daring (out of shame)

沒臉沒皮 [没脸没皮] mei2 lian3 mei2 pi2
: shameless; brazen

磨嘴皮子 mo2 zui3 pi2 zi5
: to wear out the skin of one’s teeth; pointlessly blather; to talk incessant nonsense; blah blah

*狗著獅子皮 | 狗着狮子皮 gou3 zhao1 shi1 zi3 pi2
: A dog in a lion’s skin; all the dogs fear him till he barks

**笑破肚皮 xiao4 po4 du4 pi2
: to split one’s sides laughing

***羊質虎皮 [羊质虎皮] yang2 zhi4 hu3 pi2
: lit. the heart of a sheep in the skin of a tiger; fig. impressive in appearance but lacking in substance; braggart

眼皮哭腫 [眼皮哭肿] yan3 pi2 ku1 zhong3
: to have eyelids swollen from crying; very unhappy

脫皮掉肉 [脱皮掉肉] tuo1 pi2 diao4 rou4
: lit. to shed skin, drop flesh; to work as hard as possible; to work one’s butt off

食肉寢皮 [食肉寝皮] shi2 rou4 qin3 pi2
: to eat sb’s flesh and sleep on their hide; to swear revenge on sb; implacable hatred; to have sb’s guts for garters

拉大旗作虎皮 la1 da4 qi2 zuo4 hu3 pi2
: lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin; fig. to borrow sb’s prestige; to take the name of a great cause as a shield

三個臭皮匠，合成一個諸葛亮 [三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮]san1 ge4 chou4 pi2 jiang5 , he2 cheng2 yi1 ge4 zhu1 ge3 liang4
: lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius; fig. collective wisdom