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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.clothing; clothes; garment
人类有衣、食、住的需求。
Human beings need food, clothing and shelter.
衣服在晒衣绳上冻成了硬块。
The clothes froze solid on the washing-line.
他合衣躺在床上。
He lay down on the bed fully clothed.
- 2
n.coating; covering
炮衣
gun cover
糖衣
sugar-coating
- 3
n.afterbirth
胞衣
human afterbirth
Words and phrases with 衣
- 衣夹[word]clothespin
- 衣领[word]collar
- 衣取蔽寒[word]select clothes to keep the cold out
- 衣食[word]basic necessities
- 衣饰[word]clothes and ornaments/accessories
- 衣衫[word]garment
- 衣兜[word]pocket
- 衣钵[word]mantle and alms bowl handed down by a Buddhist monk to his favourite disciple
- 衣包[word]paper bag containing paper clothes and paper money burned as offerings to the dead
- 衣食住行[idiom]basic necessities of life
- 衣不蔽体[idiom]be dressed in rags
- 衣衫褴褛[idiom]be dressed/clad in rags
- 衣冠不整[idiom]one's cap and robe not in proper order
- 衣不解带[idiom]sleep with one's clothes on
- 衣食父母[idiom]one's breadwinner
- 衣冠禽兽[idiom]beast in human attire/clothing
- 衣锦还乡[idiom]return home in glory
- 衣冠楚楚[idiom]be immaculately dressed
Word usage
- common measure word"衣" is often matched with measure word "件".
一件衣
one piece of clothing