HSK 3 · Clothing

皮鞋 píxié “leather shoes” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 皮鞋 means

  1. leather shoes

How to say 皮鞋

  • 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鞋xié2nd tone, rising

皮鞋 in a sentence

  1. 我要他擦亮我的皮鞋。

    Wǒ yào tā cāliàng wǒ de píxié.

    I asked him to polish my leather shoes.

    Sentence #804543 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 汤姆买了一双黑色皮鞋。

    Tāngmǔ mǎi le yì shuāng hēisè píxié.

    Tom bought a pair of black leather shoes.

    Sentence #4757587 from Tatoeba

How 皮鞋 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 鞋 (xié) with each of its parts in a different colour
鞋xiéshoe
  • 革leather · géMeaning part
  • 圭jade tablet · guīSound part

革 hints at the meaning (leather); 圭 (guī) hints at the sound. Compare it with xié.

How to write 皮鞋

皮 5 strokes · 鞋 15 strokes

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

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

Words related to 皮鞋

Words with 皮

皮肤pífū · skin橡皮xiàngpí · rubber调皮tiáopí · naughty皮革pígé · leather

Words with 鞋

鞋xié · shoe

More words: Clothing & Accessories

衬衫chènshān · shirt裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat裙子qúnzi · skirt行李箱xínglǐxiāng · trunk袜子wàzi · socks眼镜yǎnjìng · glasses

FAQs

皮鞋 (píxié) means “leather shoes”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it píxié: pí with a 2nd tone, then xié with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 皮鞋 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pixie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 皮鞋 from the suggestions. Typing pixie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
皮鞋 is an HSK 3 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.