皮皮

Chinese

		leather; skin; fur	leather; skin; fur
simp. and trad. (皮皮)		皮	皮

Pronunciation 1

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phî-phî

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phî-phî
    • Tâi-lô: phî-phî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiphii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi²³⁻³³ pʰi²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰi²⁴/

Adjective

皮皮

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) shameless; not caring about what others think

Synonyms

• 厚臉皮／厚脸皮 (hòu liǎnpí)
• 不介意 (bù jièyì)
• 不在乎 (bù zàihu)

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phê-phê / phê-phê / phôe-phôe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phê-phê
    • Tâi-lô: phê-phê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phephee
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰe²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰe²⁴⁻²² pʰe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phê-phê
    • Tâi-lô: phê-phê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phephee
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰe²⁴⁻²² pʰe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phôe-phôe
    • Tâi-lô: phuê-phuê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoephoee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰue²³⁻³³ pʰue²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰue¹³⁻²² pʰue¹³/

Adjective

皮皮

1. (Hokkien) (～仔) skin-deep; superficial

   皮皮仔知 [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

   phê-phê-á chai [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   to know something vaguely

Synonyms

• 泛泛 (fànfàn)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pi² pi^2-1

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: pi² pi^2-1
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pi pi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹ pʰi²¹⁻⁵⁵/

Noun

皮皮

1. (Sichuanese) skin

References

• “Entry #1881”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “皮皮仔”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1], volume 2 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 780
• 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006), “皮皮仔”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 156.