衣

yì

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yì to dress; to wear 3 definitions yī clothes; CL:件[jiàn] 3 definitions

Definitions

1. to dress
2. to wear
3. to put on (clothes)

Example Sentences

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以兗 衣 為褋兮，以黎邱為墟。

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Words Containing 衣

• 上衣 shàng yī: jacket
• 内衣 nèi yī: undergarment
• 外衣 wài yī: outer clothing
• 大衣 dà yī: overcoat
• 更衣室 gēng yī shì: change room; dressing room; locker room
• 毛衣 máo yī: (wool) sweater
• 洗衣机 xǐ yī jī: washing machine; washer
• 洗衣粉 xǐ yī fěn: laundry detergent
• 节衣缩食 jié yī suō shí: to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
• 衣服 yī fu: clothes
• 衣架 yī jià: clothes hanger
• 衣裳 yī shang: clothes
• 衣食住行 yī shí zhù xíng: clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs
• 衬衣 chèn yī: shirt
• 雨衣 yǔ yī: raincoat
• 一衣带水 yī yī dài shuǐ: (separated only by) a narrow strip of water
• 干衣 gān yī: drysuit (diving)
• 估衣 gù yī: second hand clothes
• 便衣 biàn yī: civilian clothes; plain clothes
• 便衣警察 biàn yī jǐng chá: plain-clothed policeman
• 优衣库 yōu yī kù: Uniqlo, Japanese clothing brand
• 内衣裤 nèi yī kù: underwear
• 冬衣 dōng yī: winter clothes
• 制衣 zhì yī: clothing manufacture
• 包衣 bāo yī: capsule (containing medicine)
• 包衣种子 bāo yī zhǒng zi: seed enclosed in artificial capsule
• 和衣而卧 hé yī ér wò: to lie down to sleep with one's clothes on
• 单衣 dān yī: unlined garment
• 囚衣 qiú yī: prison uniform
• 地衣 dì yī: lichen
• 寿衣 shòu yī: burial clothes
• 天衣无缝 tiān yī wú fèng: lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom)
• 孝衣 xiào yī: mourning garment
• 宵衣旰食 xiāo yī gàn shí: to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)
• 寒衣 hán yī: winter clothing
• 宽衣 kuān yī: please take off your coat (honorific)
• 宽衣解带 kuān yī jiě dài: to undress
• 嵌入式衣柜 qiàn rù shì yī guì: built-in closet
• 布衣 bù yī: plain cotton clothing
• 布衣韦带 bù yī wéi dài: in hemp cloth and with a leather belt
• 彩衣 cǎi yī: colored clothes
• 征衣 zhēng yī: traveler's clothing
• 戎衣 róng yī: military uniform
• 成衣 chéng yī: ready-made clothes
• 拘束衣 jū shù yī: straightjacket
• 搓衣板 cuō yī bǎn: washboard
• 捣衣 dǎo yī: to launder clothes by pounding
• 救生衣 jiù shēng yī: life jacket
• 晾衣夹 liàng yī jiā: clothes pin
• 晾衣架 liàng yī jià: clothes drying rack
• 晾衣绳 liàng yī shéng: clothesline
• 晒衣绳 shài yī shéng: clothesline
• 更衣 gēng yī: to change clothes
• 束衣 shù yī: corset (clothing)
• 束身内衣 shù shēn nèi yī: corset
• 棉衣 mián yī: cotton-padded clothes
• 枪衣 qiāng yī: gun cover
• 毛线衣 máo xiàn yī: sweater
• 法衣 fǎ yī: robe of a Buddhist priest
• 泳衣 yǒng yī: swimsuit; bathing suit
• 洗衣 xǐ yī: laundry
• 洗衣店 xǐ yī diàn: laundry (commercial establishment)
• 洗衣房 xǐ yī fáng: laundry room
• 洗衣板 xǐ yī bǎn: washboard
• 洗衣网 xǐ yī wǎng: mesh laundry bag (for keeping garments separate from others in the washing machine)
• 派克大衣 pài kè dà yī: parka jacket (loanword)
• 浣衣 huàn yī: to wash clothes
• 浴衣 yù yī: bathrobe
• 游泳衣 yóu yǒng yī: swimsuit
• 潜水衣 qián shuǐ yī: diving suit
• 湿衣 shī yī: wetsuit
• 熏衣草 xūn yī cǎo: lavender
• 烫衣 tàng yī: to iron (clothes)
• 烫衣板 tàng yī bǎn: ironing board
• 牛衣对泣 niú yī duì qì: couple living in destitute misery (idiom)
• 白大衣高血压 bái dà yī gāo xuè yā: white coat hypertension
• 白衣天使 bái yī tiān shǐ: \angel in white\ (laudatory term for a nurse)
• 白衣战士 bái yī zhàn shì: warrior in white
• 白衣苍狗 bái yī cāng gǒu: lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)
• 皇帝的新衣 huáng dì de xīn yī: the Emperor's new clothes (i.e. naked)
• 相体裁衣 xiàng tǐ cái yī: lit. tailor the clothes to fit the body (idiom); fig. act according to real circumstances
• 看菜吃饭，量体裁衣 kàn cài chī fàn , liàng tǐ cái yī: lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
• 睡衣 shuì yī: night clothes
• 睡衣裤 shuì yī kù: pajamas
• 短衣 duǎn yī: short garment
• 短衣帮 duǎn yī bāng: lit. short jacket party
• 秋衣 qiū yī: long underwear
• 穿衣 chuān yī: to wear clothes
• 糖衣 táng yī: frosting or icing (on cakes etc)
• 糖衣炮弹 táng yī pào dàn: sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences
• 红衣主教 hóng yī zhǔ jiào: Catholic cardinal
• 绮衣 qǐ yī: beautiful clothes
• 紧衣缩食 jǐn yī suō shí: see 節衣縮食|节衣缩食[jié yī suō shí]
• 缝衣匠 féng yī jiàng: tailor
• 缝衣工人 féng yī gōng rén: needleworker
• 缝衣针 féng yī zhēn: sewing needle
• 缩衣节食 suō yī jié shí: to economize on clothes and food
• 继承衣钵 jì chéng yī bō: to take up sb's mantle
• 缺衣少食 quē yī shǎo shí: short of food and clothing
• 罩衣 zhào yī: overalls
• 羽衣甘蓝 yǔ yī gān lán: kale
• 胞衣 bāo yī: afterbirth
• 脱衣服 tuō yī fú: undress
• 脱衣舞 tuō yī wǔ: striptease
• 肠衣 cháng yī: sausage casing
• 自助洗衣店 zì zhù xǐ yī diàn: laundromat
• 着衣 zhuó yī: to get dressed
• 蓑衣 suō yī: woven rush raincoat
• 薰衣草 xūn yī cǎo: lavender
• 血衣 xuè yī: bloody garment
• 卫衣 wèi yī: sweatshirt
• 衣不蔽体 yī bù bì tǐ: lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom)
• 衣兜 yī dōu: pocket
• 衣冠 yī guān: hat and clothes
• 衣冠冢 yī guān zhǒng: cenotaph
• 衣冠楚楚 yī guān chǔ chǔ: immaculately dressed
• 衣冠禽兽 yī guān qín shòu: lit. dressed up animal (idiom)
• 衣原菌 yī yuán jūn: Chlamydia
• 衣原体 yī yuán tǐ: Chlamydia (genus of intracellular parasitic bacteria)
• 衣单食薄 yī dān shí bó: thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty
• 衣夹 yī jiā: clothespin
• 衣子 yī zǐ: covering
• 衣履 yī lǚ: clothes and shoes
• 衣带 yī dài: belt
• 衣帽间 yī mào jiān: cloakroom
• 衣扣 yī kòu: button
• 衣料 yī liào: material for clothing
• 衣服缝边 yī fú fèng biān: hem
• 衣柜 yī guì: wardrobe
• 衣橱 yī chú: wardrobe
• 衣物 yī wù: clothing
• 衣物柜 yī wù guì: locker
• 衣甲 yì jiǎ: armor
• 衣钵 yī bō: the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism)
• 衣胞 yī bāo: see 胞衣[bāo yī]
• 衣着 yī zhuó: clothes
• 衣衫 yī shān: clothing
• 衣衾 yī qīn: burial clothes
• 衣袋 yī dài: pocket
• 衣袖 yī xiù: the sleeve of a garment
• 衣裙 yī qún: female clothing
• 衣装 yī zhuāng: garment
• 衣襟 yī jīn: the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket
• 衣角 yī jiǎo: corner of the lower hem of a jacket etc
• 衣钩 yī gōu: clothes hook
• 衣锦荣归 yī jǐn róng guī: to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory
• 衣锦还乡 yì jǐn huán xiāng: to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory
• 衣领 yī lǐng: collar
• 衣食 yī shí: clothes and food
• 衣食无忧 yī shí wú yōu: not having to worry about clothes and food (idiom)
• 衣食无虞 yī shí wú yú: not having to worry about food and clothes (idiom)
• 衣食父母 yī shí fù mǔ: the people one depends upon for one's livelihood
• 衣饰 yī shì: clothes and ornaments
• 衣鱼 yī yú: silverfish (Lepisma saccharina)
• 袒衣 tǎn yī: to dress in a hurry with part of the body showing
• 试衣 shì yī: to try on (clothes)
• 试衣间 shì yī jiān: fitting room
• 丰衣足食 fēng yī zú shí: having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed
• 赭衣 zhě yī: convict's garb in ancient times
• 连帽卫衣 lián mào wèi yī: hooded sweatshirt
• 连衣裙 lián yī qún: woman's dress
• 连体泳衣 lián tǐ yǒng yī: one-piece swimsuit
• 量体裁衣 liàng tǐ cái yī: lit. to cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
• 锦衣玉食 jǐn yī yù shí: brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury
• 锦衣卫 jǐn yī wèi: Brocade Uniform Guard, imperial bodyguard and secret police force of the Ming emperors
• 开花衣 kāi huā yī: to open a bale of cotton
• 防弹衣 fáng dàn yī: bulletproof vest
• 阿衣奴 ā yī nú: see 阿伊努[ā yī nǔ]
• 青衣 qīng yī: black clothes
• 风衣 fēng yī: windbreaker
• 食衣住行 shí yī zhù xíng: see 衣食住行[yī shí zhù xíng]
• 鸟疫衣原体 niǎo yì yī yuán tǐ: Chlamydia ornithosis
• 麻衣 má yī: hemp garment