皮郛

Chinese

		leather; skin; fur	suburbs
simp. and trad. (皮郛)		皮	郛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pífú

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pífú
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pífú
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²-fu²
    • Yale: pí-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyifwu
    • Palladius: пифу (pifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ fu³⁵/

Noun

皮郛

1. (figurative) body

   • 隱娘輩用神，其機玄妙，鬼神莫窺，針孔可度，皮郛可藏。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     隐娘辈用神，其机玄妙，鬼神莫窥，针孔可度，皮郛可藏。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1628, Ling Mengchu, Slapping the Table in Amazement

     Yǐnniáng bèi yòng shén, qí jī xuánmiào, guǐshén mò kuī, zhēnkǒng kě dù, pífú kě cáng. [Pinyin]

     Nie Yinniang's magical power is so mysterious that even ghosts and spirits cannot detect it. She can pass through the eye of a pin and hide her body.