HSK 3 · Clothing

裙子 qúnzi “skirt” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 裙子 means

  1. skirt

Measure word 条 tiáo · 一条裙子 yì tiáo qúnzi

How to say 裙子

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale裙qún2nd tone, rising
  • 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

裙子 in a sentence

  1. 我可不可以试一下这条裙子？

    Wǒ kě bu kěyǐ shì yíxià zhè tiáo qúnzi?

    Can I try on this skirt?

    Sentence #663305 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她不喜欢这条裙子的颜色。

    Tā bù xǐhuan zhè tiáo qúnzi de yánsè.

    She doesn’t like the colour of this skirt.

    Sentence #3704423 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 那条裙子是不是太短了？

    Nà tiáo qúnzi shì bu shì tài duǎn le?

    Isn’t that skirt too short?

    Sentence #8851416 from Tatoeba

How 裙子 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 裙 (qún) with each of its parts in a different colour
裙qúnskirt
  • 衤clothes form of 衣 · yīMeaning part
  • 君sovereign · jūnSound part

衤 hints at the meaning (clothes); 君 (jūn) hints at the sound. Compare it with qún.

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 裙子

裙 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.

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

Words related to 裙子

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)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

More words: Clothing & Accessories

衬衫chènshān · shirt裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat皮鞋píxié · leather shoes行李箱xínglǐxiāng · trunk袜子wàzi · socks眼镜yǎnjìng · glasses

FAQs

裙子 (qúnzi) means “skirt”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it qúnzi: qún with a 2nd 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.
Yes. 裙子 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 条 (tiáo). For example, one skirt is 一条裙子 (yì tiáo qúnzi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qunzi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 裙子 from the suggestions. Typing qunzi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
裙子 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.