HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Things

大衣 dàyī “overcoat” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 大衣 means

  1. overcoat
  2. coat
  3. topcoat
  4. cloak

Measure word 件 jiàn · 一件大衣 yí jiàn dàyī

How to say 大衣

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale大dà4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale衣yī1st tone, high and level

大衣 in a sentence

  1. 冬天我穿一件大衣。

    Dōngtiān wǒ chuān yí jiàn dàyī.

    In winter I wear an overcoat.

    Sentence #358069 from Tatoeba

  2. 那是我的大衣。

    Nà shì wǒ de dàyī.

    That’s my coat.

    Sentence #471091 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你应该把大衣穿上。

    Nǐ yīnggāi bǎ dàyī chuān shàng.

    You should put your coat on.

    Sentence #778708 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 大衣 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 大 (dà) with each of its parts in a different colour
大dàbig; large; great
  • 一one · yī
  • 人person · rén

Memory aidA person standing with arms stretched wide: big.

The character 衣 (yī) drawn as one shape
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 大衣

大 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.

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

Words related to 大衣

Words with 大

大dà · big大学dàxué · university大学生dàxuéshēng · university student大家dàjiā · everyone大人dàren · adult大小dàxiǎo · size大熊猫dàxióngmāo · giant panda大夫dàifu · doctor大概dàgài · roughly大约dàyuē · approximately

Words with 衣

衣服yīfu · clothes上衣shàngyī · top雨衣yǔyī · raincoat洗衣机xǐyījī · washing machine衣裳yīshang · clothes

More words: Things & Objects

鞋xié · shoe纸zhǐ · paper名单míngdān · list of names相机xiàngjī · camera箱子xiāngzi · box耳机ěrjī · headphones上衣shàngyī · top短裤duǎnkù · shorts

FAQs

大衣 (dàyī) means “overcoat” or “coat”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it dàyī: dà 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. 大衣 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 件 (jiàn). For example, one overcoat is 一件大衣 (yí jiàn dàyī).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dayi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 大衣 from the suggestions. Typing dayi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
大衣 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.