HSK 6 · Objects

皮革 pígé “leather” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 皮革 means

  1. leather

Measure word 张 zhāng · 一张皮革 yì zhāng pígé

How to say 皮革

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale皮pí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale革gé2nd tone, rising

皮革 in a sentence

  1. 这靴是用皮革做的。

    Zhè xuē shì yòng pígé zuò de.

    These boots are made of leather.

    Sentence #339300 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 人造皮革是比不上真皮的。

    Rénzào pígé shì bǐbúshàng zhēnpí de.

    Artificial leather can’t compare with real leather.

    Sentence #8742179 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 它们是用粗糙的褐色皮革制成的。

    Tāmen shì yòng cūcāo de hèsè pígé zhìchéng de.

    They were made of rough brown leather.

    Sentence #616123 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 皮革 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 皮 (pí) drawn as one shape
皮pískin; peel; rind; outer layer

皮 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 革 (gé) drawn as one shape
革géanimal hide

革 is a single shape of 9 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 皮革

皮 5 strokes · 革 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

皮革 (pígé) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 皮革 (pígé). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 皮革

Words with 皮

皮鞋píxié · leather shoes皮肤pífū · skin橡皮xiàngpí · rubber调皮tiáopí · naughty

Words with 革

改革gǎigé · reform革命gémìng · revolution

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FAQs

皮革 (pígé) means “leather”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it pígé: pí with a 2nd tone, then gé with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 皮革 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 张 (zhāng). For example, one leather is 一张皮革 (yì zhāng pígé).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pige with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 皮革 from the suggestions. Typing pige into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
皮革 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.