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浴衣 (yù yī) — bathrobe (especially a lightweight cotton or yukata-style robe); swimsuit (dated or regional)

Definition

Literally 'bath clothes' (浴 = bathe, 衣 = clothing). In modern Chinese it usually means a lightweight cotton robe worn after bathing, or a yukata-style robe common at Japanese inns and summer festivals.

noun
bathrobe (especially a lightweight cotton or yukata-style robe)swimsuit (dated or regional)
Measure word · 件

Examples

  • ，浴衣。
    Xǐ wán zǎo hòu, wǒ chuān shàng le yí jiàn yù yī.
    After bathing, I put on a bathrobe.
  • ，浴衣。
    Zài rì běn lǚ yóu shí, wǒ mǎi le yí jiàn bái sè de yù yī.
    When traveling in Japan, I bought a white yukata.
  • 浴衣。
    Zhè zhǒng yù yī chuān qǐ lái fēi cháng shū fu.
    This kind of bathrobe is very comfortable to wear.

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.

浴yùbath
衣yīgarment

浴 points to bathing, and 衣 is a garment, giving a bath robe.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
谷
谷gǔ浴yù
Same sound today

浴 shows 氵 (water) beside 谷, which gives the sound, for bathing in water.

Open 浴 →

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.

Open 衣 →
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