上衣 (shàng yī) — jacket, upper garment

Definition

上衣 is the upper-body garment (jacket, shirt, blouse). 大衣 and 外套 are heavier outer layers worn over it.

noun

jacketupper garment

Measure word · 件

上衣。
Wǒ mǎi le yí jiàn shàng yī.
I bought a jacket.
上衣？
Nǐ xǐ huan shén me yán sè de shàng yī?
What color jacket do you like?
上衣。
Zhè jiàn shàng yī bǐ nà jiàn guì.
This jacket is more expensive than that one.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

衣yīgarment

The word names an upper outer garment by combining 上, upper, and 衣, garment.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 衣 comes from an outline of the chest and upper clothing.

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