HSK 5 · Clothing

牛仔裤 niúzǎikù “jeans” in Chinese

Traditional 牛仔褲

What 牛仔裤 means

  1. jeans

Measure word 条 tiáo · 一条牛仔裤 yì tiáo niúzǎikù

How to say 牛仔裤

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale牛niú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale仔zǎi3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale裤kù4th tone, falling

牛仔裤 in a sentence

  1. 我的牛仔裤破了。

    Wǒ de niúzǎikù pò le.

    My jeans are torn.

    Sentence #10320609 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 现在女生穿牛仔裤很流行。

    Xiànzài nǚshēng chuān niúzǎikù hěn liúxíng.

    Jeans are popular with girls these days.

    Sentence #346767 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他穿了一条牛仔裤。

    Tā chuān le yì tiáo niúzǎikù.

    He was wearing jeans.

    Sentence #677046 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 牛仔裤 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 牛 (niú) drawn as one shape
牛niúox

牛 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from an ox’s head with its two horns: ox, cow.

The character 仔 (zǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
仔zǎiyoung man
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 子child · zǐ
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.

How to write 牛仔裤

牛 4 strokes · 仔 5 strokes · 裤 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 牛仔裤

Words with 牛

牛奶niúnǎi · milk牛niú · cow吹牛chuīniú · to boast

Words with 仔

仔细zǐxì · careful

Words with 裤

裤子kùzi · pants短裤duǎnkù · shorts

More words: Clothing & Appearance

耳环ěrhuán · earring服装fúzhuāng · dress戒指jièzhi · (finger) ring时尚shíshàng · fashion手套shǒutào · glove围巾wéijīn · scarf项链xiàngliàn · necklace制服zhìfú · uniform

FAQs

牛仔裤 (niúzǎikù) means “jeans”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it niúzǎikù: niú with a 2nd tone, then zǎi with a 3rd tone, then kù with a 4th 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, 牛仔裤 is written 牛仔褲. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 条 (tiáo). For example, one jeans is 一条牛仔裤 (yì tiáo niúzǎikù).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type niuzaiku with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 牛仔裤 from the suggestions. Typing niuzaiku into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
牛仔裤 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.