HSK 3 · Clothing

裤子 kùzi “pants” in Chinese

Traditional 褲子

What 裤子 means

  1. pants
  2. trousers

Measure word 条 tiáo · 一条裤子 yì tiáo kùzi

How to say 裤子

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale裤kù4th 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

裤子 in a sentence

  1. 我想买几条裤子。

    Wǒ xiǎng mǎi jǐ tiáo kùzi.

    I’d like to buy a few pairs of trousers.

    Sentence #1216069 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我买了两条裤子。

    Wǒ mǎi le liǎng tiáo kùzi.

    I bought two pairs of trousers.

    Sentence #817296 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这些裤子多少钱？

    Zhèxiē kùzi duōshǎo qián?

    How much are these trousers?

    Sentence #8914625 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 裤子 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 裤 (kù) with each of its parts in a different colour
裤kùunderpants
  • 衤clothes form of 衣 · yīMeaning part
  • 库armory · kùSound part

衤 hints at the meaning (clothes); 库 (kù) hints at the sound. Compare it with kù.

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 裤子

裤 12 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.

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

Words related to 裤子

Words with 裤

短裤duǎnkù · shorts牛仔裤niúzǎikù · jeans

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)帽子màozi · hat裙子qúnzi · skirt

More words: Clothing & Accessories

衬衫chènshān · shirt帽子màozi · hat皮鞋píxié · leather shoes裙子qúnzi · skirt行李箱xínglǐxiāng · trunk袜子wàzi · socks眼镜yǎnjìng · glasses

FAQs

裤子 (kùzi) means “pants” or “trousers”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it kùzi: kù 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, 裤子 is written 褲子. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 条 (tiáo). For example, one pants is 一条裤子 (yì tiáo kùzi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kuzi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 裤子 from the suggestions. Typing kuzi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
裤子 is an HSK 3 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.