HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Things

雨衣 yǔyī “raincoat” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 雨衣 means

  1. raincoat

Measure word 件 jiàn · 一件雨衣 yí jiàn yǔyī

How to say 雨衣

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale雨yǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale衣yī1st tone, high and level

雨衣 in a sentence

  1. 您最好穿一件雨衣。

    Nín zuìhǎo chuān yí jiàn yǔyī.

    You’d better wear a raincoat.

    Sentence #469269 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 穿黄色雨衣的女孩是谁？

    Chuān huángsè yǔyī de nǚhái shì shéi?

    Who’s the girl in the yellow raincoat?

    Sentence #6633914 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 雨衣 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 雨 (yǔ) drawn as one shape
雨yǔrain

雨 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from raindrops falling from the sky.

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 雨衣

雨 8 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.

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

Words related to 雨衣

Words with 雨

雨yǔ · rain下雨xiàyǔ · to rain

Words with 衣

衣服yīfu · clothes大衣dàyī · overcoat上衣shàngyī · top洗衣机xǐyījī · washing machine衣裳yīshang · clothes

More words: Things & Objects

上衣shàngyī · top短裤duǎnkù · shorts洗衣机xǐyījī · washing machine牙刷yáshuā · toothbrush电子书diànzǐshū · e-book银行卡yínhángkǎ · bank card图tú · picture油yóu · oil

FAQs

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