피부

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 皮膚ひふ, from 皮かわ (“skin”) + 膚はだ (“flesh”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰibu]
• Phonetic hangul: [피부]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	pibu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	pibu
McCune–Reischauer?	p'ibu
Yale Romanization?	phipu

Noun

피부 • (pibu) (hanja 皮膚ひふ)

1. skin

   매일 세수를 안하면 얼굴 피부에 먼지가 달라붙어 여드름이 생길 수도 있다.

   maeil sesureul anhamyeon eolgul pibue meonjiga dallabuteo yeodeureumi saenggil sudo itda.

   If you don't wash your face every day, dusts will stick to the skin of your face and cause pimples.

Derived terms

• 피부관리 (pibugwalli, “skin care”)
• 피부암 (皮膚ひふ癌がん, pibuam, “skin cancer”)

See also

• 피부 on the Korean Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ko