衣帽 (yī mào) — clothes and hat; apparel (collectively) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

clothes and hatapparel (collectively)

Examples

衣帽。
Qǐng bǎ wài tào guà zài yī mào jià shàng.
Please hang your coat on the coat rack.
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Zhè jiā jiǔ diàn de yī mào jiān zài zǒu láng jìn tóu.
This hotel's cloakroom is at the end of the hallway.
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Tā mǎi le hěn duō xīn yī mào, bāo kuò mào zi hé wéi jīn.
She bought a lot of new clothes and hats, including hats and scarves.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

衣yīclothes

衣 and 帽 are two pieces of dress, together meaning clothing and hats.

Characters in this word

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.

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

巾冒帽

Meaning part形符xíngfú

巾巾jīncloth

Sound part声符shēngfú

冒

冒mào帽mào

Same sound today

帽 uses 巾 (cloth) for the meaning and 冒 for the sound. The earlier form 冃 was later written with 目 and 巾 added.

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