衣服

Character by character

• 衣yī6 strokesHSK 1clothes, clothing; cover, skin; Kangxi radical 145
• 服fú8 strokesHSK 1clothes; wear, dress

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Example sentences

• 我买了些衣服。

  Wǒ mǎi le xiē yī fu

  I have bought some clothes.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 衣服. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 服务fú wùHSK 2

  to serve; service

• 服fúHSK 6

  clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes

• 舒服shū fuHSK 2

  comfortable; feeling well

• 服装fú zhuāngHSK 3

  dress; clothing; costume; clothes

• 克服kè fúHSK 3

  (try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with; to endure

• 内衣nèi yīHSK 6

  undergarment; underwear

• 说服shuō fúHSK 4

  to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shuì fú]

• 服用fú yòngHSK 7

  to take (medicine)

• 服务器fú wù qìHSK 7

  server (computer)

• 服务员fú wù yuánHSK 3

  waiter; waitress; attendant; customer service personnel

• 毛衣máo yīHSK 4

  (wool) sweater

• 大衣dà yīHSK 2

  overcoat; topcoat; cloak

• 征服zhēng fúHSK 4

  to conquer; to subdue; to vanquish

• 制服zhì fúHSK 7

  to subdue; to check; to bring under control; (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status; uniform (army, party, school etc); livery (for company employees)

• 服从fú cóngHSK 5

  to obey (an order); to comply; to defer

• 佩服pèi fúHSK 7

  to admire

• 礼服lǐ fúHSK 7

  ceremonial robe; formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc)

• 上衣shàng yīHSK 3

  jacket; upper outer garment

• 服饰fú shìHSK 7

  apparel; clothing and personal adornment

• 衬衣chèn yīHSK 3

  shirt

• 洗衣机xǐ yī jīHSK 2

  washing machine; washer

• 屈服qū fúHSK 7

  to surrender; to succumb; to yield; (as a transitive verb) to defeat; to prevail over

• 外衣wài yīHSK 6

  outer clothing; semblance; appearance

• 更衣室gēng yī shìHSK 7

  change room; dressing room; locker room; (euphemism) toilet