HSK 4 · Clothing

袜子 wàzi “socks” in Chinese

Traditional 襪子

What 袜子 means

  1. socks
  2. stockings

Measure word 只 zhī or 对 duì · 一只袜子 yì zhī wàzi

How to say 袜子

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale袜wà4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own子zineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

袜子 in a sentence

  1. 你的袜子上有个洞。

    Nǐ de wàzi shàng yǒu ge dòng.

    There is a hole in your sock.

    Sentence #1878281 from Tatoeba

  2. 把你的袜子脱了。

    Bǎ nǐ de wàzi tuō le.

    Take off your socks.

    Sentence #7774361 from Tatoeba

  3. 她买了两双袜子。

    Tā mǎi le liǎng shuāng wàzi.

    She bought two pairs of socks.

    Sentence #857854 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 袜子 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 袜 (wà) with each of its parts in a different colour
袜wàsocks
  • 衤clothes form of 衣 · yīMeaning part
  • 末end · mòSound part

衤 hints at the meaning (clothes); 末 (mò) hints at the sound. Compare it with wà.

The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 袜子

袜 10 strokes · 子 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

袜子 (wàzi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 袜子 (wàzi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 袜子

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

More words: Clothing & Accessories

衬衫chènshān · shirt裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat皮鞋píxié · leather shoes裙子qúnzi · skirt行李箱xínglǐxiāng · trunk眼镜yǎnjìng · glasses

FAQs

袜子 (wàzi) means “socks” or “stockings”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it wàzi: wà with a 4th tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 袜子 is written 襪子. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 只 (zhī) or 对 (duì). For example, one socks is 一只袜子 (yì zhī wàzi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wazi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 袜子 from the suggestions. Typing wazi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
袜子 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.