HSK 6 · Clothing

衣裳 yīshang “clothes” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 衣裳 means

  1. clothes
  2. clothing
  3. (coll.) clothes

How to say 衣裳

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale衣yī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own裳shangneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

衣裳 in a sentence

  1. 这件衣裳是奶奶做的。

    Zhè jiàn yīshang shì nǎinai zuò de.

    Grandma made this piece of clothing.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 妈妈在洗衣裳。

    Māma zài xǐ yīshang.

    Mum is washing the clothes.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 衣裳 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 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.

The character 裳 (shang) with each of its parts in a different colour
裳shang
  • 尚still · shàngSound part
  • 衣clothes · yīMeaning part

衣 hints at the meaning (clothes); 尚 (shàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with shang.

How to write 衣裳

衣 6 strokes · 裳 14 strokes

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

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

Words related to 衣裳

Words with 衣

衣服yīfu · clothes大衣dàyī · overcoat上衣shàngyī · top雨衣yǔyī · raincoat洗衣机xǐyījī · washing machine

More words: Clothing & Appearance

耳环ěrhuán · earring神态shéntài · expression首饰shǒushì · jewellery秃tū · bald外表wàibiǎo · appearance熨yùn · to iron羽绒服yǔróngfú · down jacket制服zhìfú · uniform

FAQs

衣裳 (yīshang) means “clothes” or “clothing”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yīshang: yī with a 1st tone, then shang with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 衣裳 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yishang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 衣裳 from the suggestions. Typing yishang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
衣裳 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.