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时装 (shí zhuāng) — fashion (the industry or concept); fashionable clothing

Definition

时装 refers specifically to fashionable clothing (the products and the industry), not the abstract 'fashion' concept — for that, use 时尚 or 潮流. Pairs naturally with 行业.

noun
fashion (the industry or concept)fashionable clothing
Measure word · 件

Examples

  • 时装，。
    Tā xǐ huan chuān shí zhuāng, zǒng shì hěn shí shàng.
    She likes to wear fashionable clothes and is always stylish.
  • 时装。
    Zhè jiā diàn mài de dōu shì zuì xīn shí zhuāng.
    This store sells only the latest fashions.
  • 时装，。
    shí zhuāng Háng yè biàn huà hěn kuài, xū yào bú duàn xué xí.
    The fashion industry changes quickly, so you need to keep learning.

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.

时shífashionable
装zhuāngclothing

时 fashionable and 装 clothing together mean fashionable clothes.

Characters in this word

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 時; 时 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
日日rìsun; day
Sound part声符shēngfú
之
之zhī時shí
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 時 pairs 日 (sun/day) with 之 as the part that gives the sound; the simplified 时 is not the form described.

Open 时 →

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.

Open 装 →
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