衫 (saam1 | shan1) : shirt; gown; garment

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衫

saam1

shan1

[n] shirt; gown; jacket; garment

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: (#145)

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

衫

Don't confuse with:
杉

This word has been viewed 12952 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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衫櫃 saam1 gwai6 = wardrobe 粵

襯衫 can3 saam1 chen4 shan1 = [1] [國] shirt [2] [粵] match clothes

著衫 zoek3 saam1 = to dress; to wear clothes 粵

短袖衫 dyun2 zau6 saam1 duan3 xiu4 shan1 = short-sleeved shirt 粵

除衫 ceoi4 saam1 = to undress 粵

換衫 wun6 saam1 = to change clothes 粵

底衫 dai2 saam1 = undershirt 粵

卡曲衫 kaa1 kuk1 saam1 = a car coat (loanword)

中碼衫 zung1 maa5 saam1 = [n] medium sized coat or garment 粵

衫舖 saam1 pou3*2 = clothes shop 粵
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Showing all 15 examples containing 衫

我有兩件白色衫粵
I have two white shirts

前日有人搶佢件衫粵
The day before yesterday, someone stole his shirt.
[Lit. day-before-yesterday, have person steal he [counter] shirt.]

呢件衫你愛唔愛㗎？粵
Do you want this piece of clothing?
[Lit. this piece clothing you want not want [particle]?]

現代嘅女裝恤衫，露出個乳溝、露出個肚臍，都係已經成為常態咗。粵
Today, it is no longer unusual to have tops for ladies which reveal the cleavage or the navel.

唔好玩水，唔係就會𢱕濕衫喇。粵
Don't play in the water, or else you will get your clothes wet.

隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味，點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫粵
I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day.

偷𥊙佢換衫粵
Secretly peeped at her while she was changing clothes.

我攞咗上個禮拜買嗰件衫去乾洗粵
I took the shirt I bought last week to be dry-cleaned.
[Lit. I took-already last-week bought that (counter) shirt go dry-clean]

我攞咗上個禮拜買嗰啲衫去乾洗粵
I took the clothes I bought last week to be dry-cleaned.
[Lit. I took-already last-week bought those shirts go dry-clean]

我攞咗兩個禮拜前喺廣城買嗰件衫去洗粵
I took the shirt I bought two weeks ago at the shopping mall to be cleaned.
[Lit. I took two weeks ago at shopping mall buy that shirt go clean]

兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫，我攞咗佢去熨。粵
I took the shirts that I bought two weeks ago at my favourite shop to be ironed.
[Note: although the verb and object could be separated by the lengthy adjective clause 兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買, it's more natural and more easily understood use the topicalised construction in this example.]

細佬，冇人鐘意喺公眾地方著衫嘅，但係呢啲係法律呀粵
Kid, no-one likes to wear clothes in public, but it's the law!
[Lit. child, have-no people like in public place wear-clothes [particle], however these are law [particle]]

呢袋衫躉喺你度先。粵
I'll leave this bag of clothes with you for the time being.

佢好識襯衫。
He/She knows how to match clothes.

我攞咗兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫去熨粵
I've taken the shirt that I bought in my favourite clothes shop two weeks ago to be ironed.
[[literal] I taken-have two-weeks-ago in my most-like that-(classifier)-clothes-shop buy that-(classifier)-shirt go iron This Cantonese example shows how a relative clause is composed without a relative pronoun. ]

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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