Chinese symbol for “flay”
扒皮
bā pí
to flay; to skin; (fig.) to exploit; to take advantage of
The closest CC-CEDICT match for flay is 扒皮 (bā pí), defined as: to flay; to skin; (fig.) to exploit; to take advantage of.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “flay”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剥皮 (剝皮) | bāo pí | to skin; to flay; to peel; (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals |
| 剥 (剝) | bō | to peel; to skin |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 扒皮.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扒开 (扒開) | bā kāi | to pry open or apart; to spread (sth) open with both hands |
| 扒手 | pá shǒu | pickpocket |
| 吃里扒外 (吃裡扒外) | chī lǐ pá wài | (idiom) to work against the interests of sb one derives support from; to double-cross one's employer; to bite the hand that feeds |
| 扒窃 (扒竊) | pá qiè | to steal; to pick pockets |
| 牛扒 | niú pá | (dialect) beef steak |
| 皮肤 (皮膚) | pí fū | skin; 层 (céng),块 (kuài) |
| 皮革 | pí gé | leather; 张 (zhāng) |
| 皮带 (皮帶) | pí dài | strap; leather belt |
See also: Japanese symbol for “flay”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.