连衣裙 (lián yī qún) — one-piece dress | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

one-piece dress

Measure word · 条

Examples

连衣裙。
Tā chuān le yì tiáo hóng sè lián yī qún qù cān jiā hūn lǐ.
She wore a red dress to the wedding.
连衣裙，。
Zhè tiáo lián yī qún shì yòng zhēn sī zuò de, hěn shū fu.
This dress is made of real silk and is very comfortable.
连衣裙，。
Xià tiān wǒ xǐ huan chuān duǎn lián yī qún, jì liáng kuai yòu hǎo kàn.
In summer I like to wear short dresses — both cool and nice-looking.

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.

连衣link bodice

连liánlink衣yībodice

动宾Verb + object

连 (link) and 衣 (bodice) describe a 裙 (skirt) whose parts are joined.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 連; 连 is its simplified writing.

辶車連

辶辵chuòto walk
車車jūchariot

The traditional form 連 joins 辶 (walk) and 車 (chariot) to show a man-drawn carriage; this note is about 連, not the simplified 连.

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.

衤君裙

Meaning part形符xíngfú

衤Written in full as衣yīclothing

Sound part声符shēngfú

君

君jūn裙qún

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

裙 pairs 衤, a narrow form of 衣 meaning clothing, with 君, which gives the sound.

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