Chinese symbol for “slough”
蜕皮
tuì pí
Traditional: 蛻皮
skin cast off during molting; exuvium; to pupate; to molt
The closest CC-CEDICT match for slough is 蜕皮 (tuì pí), defined as: skin cast off during molting; exuvium; to pupate; to molt; to slough; to cast off an old skin or shell.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “slough”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜕 (蛻) | tuì | skin cast off during molting; exuvia |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蜕皮.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜕变 (蛻變) | tuì biàn | to transform; to morph |
| 蜕化 (蛻化) | tuì huà | (of insects) to undergo metamorphosis; (fig.) to be transformed |
| 蝉蜕 (蟬蛻) | chán tuì | cicada slough; fig. to free oneself |
| 蜕壳 (蛻殼) | tuì ké | to exuviate; to molt |
| 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 |
| 调皮 (調皮) | tiáo pí | naughty; mischievous |
See also: Japanese symbol for “slough”.
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.