Hái yǒu shéi yǒu wèntí? Jiù nǐ ba, chuān báisè shàngyī de nà wèi.
Does anyone else have a question? Yes, you there in the white top.
Sentence #13838901 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 上衣 is built
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上shàngup; upper; above; previous
⺊divination form of 卜 · bǔ
一one · yī
Memory aidA short stroke above the line: up, on top.
衣yīclothes
衣 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidDrawn from a robe, with its collar and sleeves.
How to write 上衣
上 3 strokes · 衣 6 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 上衣 (shàngyī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
上衣 (shàngyī) means “top” or “jacket”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it shàngyī: shàng with a 4th tone, then yī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 上衣 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 件 (jiàn). For example, one top is 一件上衣 (yí jiàn shàngyī).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shangyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 上衣 from the suggestions. Typing shangyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
上衣 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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.
上shàng4th tone, falling
衣yī1st tone, high and level
