Chinese vocabulary · 25 words
Clothes in Chinese
The clothing words to learn first, each with pinyin, meaning and sound.
- 衣服yīfuclothes
- 衬衫chènshānshirt
- 毛衣máoyīsweater
- 外套wàitàocoat
- 大衣dàyīovercoat
- 西装xīzhuāngsuit
- 裤子kùzipants
- 牛仔裤niúzǎikùjeans
- 短裤duǎnkùshorts
- 裙子qúnziskirt
- 内衣nèiyīunderwear
- 袜子wàzisock
- 鞋xiéshoe
- 拖鞋tuōxiéslippers
- 靴子xuēziboots
- 帽子màozihat
- 围巾wéijīnscarf
- 手套shǒutàoglove
- 领带lǐngdàinecktie
- 雨衣yǔyīraincoat
- 眼镜yǎnjìngglasses
- 包bāobag; sack
- 戒指jièzhiring (for a finger)
- 项链xiàngliànnecklace
- 口罩kǒuzhàoface mask
How do you say clothes in Chinese?
衣服 (yīfu). The most common clothing words are 衬衫 (chènshān, shirt), 毛衣 (máoyī, sweater), 外套 (wàitào, coat).
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