皮郛

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pífú

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ

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

(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.