冬装 (dōng zhuāng) — winter clothing, winter wear

Definition

noun
winter clothingwinter wear
Measure word · 套

Examples

  • ，冬装。
    Tiān qì lěng le, gāi mǎi xīn dōng zhuāng le.
    It's getting cold; it's time to buy new winter clothes.
  • 冬装。
    Zhè jiā diàn de dōng zhuāng kuǎn shì hěn shí shàng.
    The winter clothing styles in this store are very fashionable.
  • 冬装。
    Tā bǎ qù nián de dōng zhuāng dōu juān le.
    She donated all of last year's winter clothes.

Origin

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.

冬dōngwinter
装zhuāngclothing

冬 marks winter, and 装 means clothing, so it names winter wear.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 裝; 装 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
衣衣yīclothes
Sound part声符shēngfú
壯
壯zhuàng裝zhuāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 裝 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 壯 as a sound part; this story is about 裝, not the simplified 装.

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