clothes, clothing; cover, skin

HSK 1 #725

DEFINITIONS

衣 yī
  • clothes
  • CL:件[jian4]
  • Kangxi radical 145
衣 yì
  • to dress
  • to wear
  • to put on (clothes)

STROKES

WORDS

白大高血壓 bái dà yī gāo xuè yā white coat hypertension; white coat syndrome
战士 bái yī zhàn shì warrior in white; medical worker
戰士 bái yī zhàn shì warrior in white; medical worker
苍狗 bái yī cāng gǒu lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom); fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
蒼狗 bái yī cāng gǒu lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom); fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
皇帝的新 huáng dì de xīn yī the Emperor's new clothes (i.e. naked)
相体裁 xiàng tǐ cái yī lit. tailor the clothes to fit the body (idiom); fig. act according to real circumstances
相體裁 xiàng tǐ cái yī lit. tailor the clothes to fit the body (idiom); fig. act according to real circumstances
看菜吃饭,量体裁 kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure; to act according to actual circumstances; to live within one's means
看菜吃飯,量體裁 kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure; to act according to actual circumstances; to live within one's means
裤 shuì yī kù pajamas
褲 shuì yī kù pajamas
帮 duǎn yī bāng lit. short jacket party; working people; the toiling masses; blue collar workers
幫 duǎn yī bāng lit. short jacket party; working people; the toiling masses; blue collar workers
qiū yī long underwear
縮食 jié yī suō shí to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
炮彈 táng yī pào dàn sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences
主教 hóng yī zhǔ jiào Catholic Cardinal
qǐ yī beautiful clothes
qǐ yī beautiful clothes
缩食 jǐn yī suō shí see 節衣縮食|节衣缩食[jie2 yi1 suo1 shi2]
縮食 jǐn yī suō shí see 節衣縮食|节衣缩食[jie2 yi1 suo1 shi2]
匠 féng yī jiàng tailor
匠 féng yī jiàng tailor
工人 féng yī gōng rén needleworker