HSK 5 · Clothing

服装 fúzhuāng “dress” in Chinese

Traditional 服裝

What 服装 means

  1. dress
  2. clothing
  3. costume
  4. clothes

Measure word 身 shēn · 一身服装 yì shēn fúzhuāng

How to say 服装

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale服fú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale装zhuāng1st tone, high and level

服装 in a sentence

  1. 不能根据服装来判断一个人。

    Bù néng gēnjù fúzhuāng lái pànduàn yí ge rén.

    You can’t judge a person by their clothes.

    Sentence #392233 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这家精品店的服装卖得很贵。

    Zhè jiā jīngpǐndiàn de fúzhuāng mài de hěn guì.

    The clothes in this boutique are very expensive.

    Sentence #1510608 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他穿中式服装。

    Tā chuān zhōngshì fúzhuāng.

    He wears Chinese-style clothes.

    Sentence #2201736 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 服装 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 服 (fú) with each of its parts in a different colour
服fúclothes
  • 月moon · yuè
  • 卩seal · jié
  • 又again · yòu
The character 装 (zhuāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
装zhuāngadornment
  • 壮big · zhuàngSound part
  • 衣clothes · yīMeaning part

衣 hints at the meaning (clothes); 壮 (zhuàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhuāng.

How to write 服装

服 8 strokes · 装 12 strokes

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

Words related to 服装

Words with 服

衣服yīfu · clothes服务员fúwùyuán · waiter舒服shūfu · comfortable服务fúwù · to serve说服shuōfú · to persuade克服kèfú · to overcome (difficulties)佩服pèifú · to admire制服zhìfú · uniform服从fúcóng · to obey屈服qūfú · to yield

Words with 装

装zhuāng · to pretend假装jiǎzhuāng · to feign安装ānzhuāng · to install装修zhuāngxiū · to renovate装饰zhuāngshì · to decorate武装wǔzhuāng · armed forces装卸zhuāngxiè · to load and unload包装bāozhuāng · packaging装备zhuāngbèi · equipment

More words: Clothing & Appearance

耳环ěrhuán · earring戒指jièzhi · (finger) ring牛仔裤niúzǎikù · jeans时尚shíshàng · fashion手套shǒutào · glove熨yùn · to iron羽绒服yǔróngfú · down jacket制服zhìfú · uniform

FAQs

服装 (fúzhuāng) means “dress” or “clothing”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fúzhuāng: fú with a 2nd tone, then zhuāng with a 1st 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, 服装 is written 服裝. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 身 (shēn). For example, one dress is 一身服装 (yì shēn fúzhuāng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fuzhuang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 服装 from the suggestions. Typing fuzhuang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
服装 is an HSK 5 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.