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  Chapter 12 - Clothes


  Vocabulary


肥皂féizàosoap
帽子màozi hat
皮带pídàibelt
xíeshoes
袜子wàzisocks
长袜chángwà stockings
衬衫chènshān shirt
男衬衫nánchènshān men's shirt
女衬衫nǚchénshān blouse
衣服yīfuclothes
裤子kùzipants
短裤duǎnkù shorts
手帕shǒupà handkerchief
手套shǒutàogloves
靴子xuēziboots
包书shūbāobookbag
女装nǚzhuāngdress
毛衣máoyī pullover
睡衣shuìyì pyjamas
西装xīzhuāng suit
裙子qúnzi skirt
汗衫hànshān t-shirt
长裤chángkù trousers
chuáng bed
枕头zhěntou pillow
大衣dàyī coat
男大衣nándàyī men's coat
女大衣nǚdàyī women's coat
外衣wàiyī jacket
雨衣yǔyīraincoat

 Look at the Characters



féi

fat
rain

New Combinations

肥美
肥大
肥胖
肥田
肥皂
肥皂水
肥皂泡
肥皂粉
肥皂片

雨點
雨季
雨天
雨水
雨帽
雨鞋
雨傘
(fat + beautiful)
(fat + big)
(fat + fat)
(fat + field)
(fat + soap)
(soap + water)
(soap + bubble)
(soap + powder)
(soap + flake)

(rain + dot)
(rain + season)
(rain + day)
(rain + water)
(rain + cap)
(rain + boots)
(rain + umbrella
fertile, rich
loose
obese
fertilize
soap
soapsuds
soap bubble
soap powder
soap flakes

raindrop
rainy season
rainy day
rainwater
raincap, hood
galoshes
umbrella
féiměi
féidà
féipàng
féitían
féizào
féizàoshuǐ
féizàopào
féizàofěn
féizàopìan

yǔdǐan
yǔjì
yǔtīan
yǔshuǐ
yǔmào
yǔxìe
yǔsǎn


Look at the Language


1. Pairs, Sets & Clothing


The usual words for "a pair" are yi shuang:


一雙
一雙筷子
一雙鞋
一雙靴子
一雙襪
一雙長襪
一雙手
一雙腳
yīshuāng
yīshuāng kuàizi
yīshuāng xíe
yīshuāng xuēzi
yīshuāng wà
yīshuāng chángwà
yīshuāng shǒu
yīshuāng jǐao
a pair
a pair of chopsticks
a pair of shoes
a pair of boots
a pair of socks
a pair of stockings
a pair of hands
a pair of feet

Certain articles of clothing are measured differently (think of "a set" or "a pair"):


一副手套
一副眼鏡
一副奶罩

一條睡衣
一條男西裝
一條女西裝

一件褲子
一件短裤
一件長褲
yīfù shǒutào
yīfù yǎnjìng
yīfù nǎizhào

yītíao shùiyī
yītíao nánxīzhuāng
yītíao nǔxīzhuāng

yījìan kùzi
yījìan duǎnkù
yījìan chángkù
a pair (set) of gloves
a pair of (eye)glasses
a bra

a pair (set) of pyjamas
a men's suit
a women's suit

a pair of pants
a pair of shorts
a pair of trousers

to wear clothes, or shoes, is:


穿

穿衣服
穿(一雙)鞋
我們穿汗衫.
chuān

chuān yīfu
chuān (yīshuāng) xíe
Wǒmen chuān hànshān.
wear

wear clothes
wear (a pair of) shoes
We wear T-shirts.

If the item is worn on the head, wrist or neck, however, use a different verb:




戴眼鏡
戴帽子
他們戴手表.

dài

dài yǎnjìng
dài maòzi
Tāmen dài shǒubǐao.
wear, put on

wear glasses
wear a cap
They are wearing watches.