衣 (ji1 ji3 | yi1) : clothing

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衣

ji1 ji3

yi1

[1] [n] clothing; clothes; dress; apparel; garments; attire [2] [n] coating; covering [3] [n] skin or peel of fruits [4] a Chinese family name [5] Kangxi radical 145

Stroke count: 6

Level: 2

Radical: (#145)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

衣

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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衣櫃 ji1 gwai6 yi1 gui4 = wardrobe

睡衣 seoi6 ji1 shui4 yi1 = pyjamas

衣服 ji1 fuk6 yi1 fu5 = clothes

洗衣機 sai2 ji1 gei1 xi3 yi1 ji1 = washing machine

上衣 soeng6 ji1 shang4 yi1 = upper garment; jacket 國

雨衣 jyu5 ji1 yu3 yi1 = raincoat

衣裳 ji1 soeng4 yi1 shang5 = clothes

毛線衣 mou4 sin3 ji1 mao2 xian4 yi1 = sweater; jumper

襯衣 can3 ji1 chen4 yi1 = shirt

外衣 ngoi6 ji1 wai4 yi1 = outer clothing; outward appearance
See all 98 compounds (CantoDict reports 100 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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正値減價，你多買幾件衣服吧國
We're right in the midst of a sale, you should buy a few more shirts.

四月尾忽然間落場大雪，真係「未食五月粽，寒衣唔入籠」！粵
It suddenly snowed during the end of April. It really goes with the saying "Until one has eaten Dragon Boat Festival's dumplings, do not keep one's warm clothings".
[未食五月粽寒衣唔入籠 is a Cantonese saying. There are variations used by Mandarin and other dialects.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 衣
Unicode code for this character: U+8863 (off-site link)

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