衣服

Etymology 1

More information gown; clothes, clothes; dress; garmentclothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine) ...

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yīfu, yīfú

(Zhuyin): ㄧ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄧㄈㄨˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yi¹ fu²

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йифу (yifu, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ fuk⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yî-fu̍k
Eastern Min (BUC): ĭ-hŭk
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): i-ho̍k
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹i-voq
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): i¹ fu

(Hengyang, Wiktionary): i¹ fu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīfu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧ ˙ㄈㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yifů
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-fu⁵
  - Yale: yī-fu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i.fu
  - Palladius: ифу (ifu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ fu²/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, literary or regional variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yifú
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-fu²
  - Yale: yī-fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifwu
  - Palladius: ифу (ifu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: yi¹ fu²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ifu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ fu²¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йифу (yifu, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²⁴ fou²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji¹ fuk⁶
  - Yale: yī fuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ fuk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ fug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ fʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî-fu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: i^ˊ fug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ fug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /i²⁴⁻¹¹ fuk̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî-fu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)i^ˊ fug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ fug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i²⁴⁻¹¹ fuk̚⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭ-hŭk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ ^(h-)uʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-ho̍k
  - Tâi-lô: i-ho̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: i'hok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i³³ hɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹i-voq
  - MiniDict: i^平 voh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹i-voq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i⁵⁵ voʔ²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: i¹ fu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³³ ɸu³/
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: i¹ fu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁴⁴⁵ fu²²/

Middle Chinese: 'j+j bjuwk

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Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔ(r)əj [b]ək/

(Zhengzhang): /*qɯl bɯɡ/

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Noun

衣服

clothing; clothes; laundry (Classifier: 件 m)
把衣服穿上 ― bǎ yīfu chuānshang ― to put on some clothes

洗衣服 ― xǐ yīfu ― to do the laundry

曬衣服／晒衣服 ― shài yīfu ― to sun clothes

晾衣服 ― liàng yīfu ― to hang up the laundry

衣服已經浸泡很久了。快點去洗吧！ [MSC, trad.]
衣服已经浸泡很久了。快点去洗吧！ [MSC, simp.]
Yīfú yǐjīng jìnpào hěn jiǔ le. Kuàidiǎn qù xǐ ba! [Pinyin]
The clothes have been soaked for a long time. Quickly go wash them!
(informal, proscribed) upper outer garment; jacket; coat

Synonyms

(clothing):

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打扮 (style of dress)
服裝 / 服装 (fúzhuāng)
服飾 / 服饰 (fúshì)
穿戴 (chuāndài)
穿插 (chhēng-chhah) (Hokkien)
穿著 / 穿着 (chuānzhuó)
衣冠
衣履 (yīlǚ) (literary)
衣著 / 衣着 (yīzhuó)
衣衫 (yīshān)
衣裳 (yīshang) (colloquial)
裝扮 / 装扮 (zhuāngbàn)
裝束 / 装束 (zhuāngshù)
身頌 / 身颂 (sĭng^→sīng-*sê̤ṳng) (Eastern Min)

Dialectal synonyms of 衣服 (“clothes”) [map]

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Derived terms

兄弟如手足，妻子如衣服 (xiōngdì rú shǒuzú, qīzǐ rú yīfu)
換衣服 / 换衣服

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (衣服):

→ Japanese: 衣(い)服(ふく) (ifuku)
→ Korean: 의복(衣服) (uibok)
→ Vietnamese: y phục (衣服)

Etymology 2

More information gown; clothes, clothes; dress; garmentclothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine) ...

From 衣 (yī, “clothes”), a phono-semantic matching of English E (“ecstasy”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīfú

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄈㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yifú
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-fu²
  - Yale: yī-fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifwu
  - Palladius: ифу (ifu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ fu³⁵/

Noun

衣服

(Taiwan, slang) ecstasy; MDMA (Classifier: 件 m)
- 「嚴總是嗎？」顏靖直視著對方，不被他的氣勢影響，低聲地對他說：「你讓我把她帶走，今晚，你們可以照 high，若我帶不走她，就讓條子來帶，那你『衣服』可得先收好……」 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
  「严总是吗？」颜靖直视着对方，不被他的气势影响，低声地对他说：「你让我把她带走，今晚，你们可以照 high，若我带不走她，就让条子来带，那你『衣服』可得先收好……」 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
  From: 2017, 夏洛蔓, 《愛的小傻瓜》, →ISBN
  “Yán zǒng shì ma?” Yán Jìng zhíshì zhe duìfāng, bù bèi tā de qìshì yǐngxiǎng, dīshēng de duì tā shuō: “Nǐ ràng wǒ bǎ tā dàizǒu, jīnwǎn, nǐmen kěyǐ zhào high, ruò wǒ dài bù zǒu tā, jiù ràng tiáozi lái dài, nà nǐ ‘yīfú’ kě děi xiān shōu hǎo......” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 比如說你要兩顆搖頭丸，你就直接跟他拿，他就會順便連 K他命一起賣你，整套賣你，他就會提供這樣的服務，那這種 K他命跟搖頭丸，他們在術語上，K他命就叫褲子，那搖頭丸就叫衣服（台語）所以如果你去夜店裡面，你跟他說我要一件衣服跟褲子（台語），他就會拿一顆搖頭丸跟 K 給你。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
  比如说你要两颗摇头丸，你就直接跟他拿，他就会顺便连 K他命一起卖你，整套卖你，他就会提供这样的服务，那这种 K他命跟摇头丸，他们在术语上，K他命就叫裤子，那摇头丸就叫衣服（台语）所以如果你去夜店里面，你跟他说我要一件衣服跟裤子（台语），他就会拿一颗摇头丸跟 K 给你。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
  From: 2019 June, 陳宜君, 《藥物進階濫用青少年戒除濫用行為與復原歷程之研究》 [Gateway Drug Abuse: A Study on Abstinence from Drug Abuse in Adolescents and Rehabilitation Process] (thesis), Chiayi: National Chung Cheng University, page 108
  Bǐrú shuō nǐ yào liǎng kē yáotóuwán, nǐ jiù zhíjiē gēn tā ná, tā jiù huì shùnbiàn lián Ktāmìng yīqǐ mài nǐ, zhěng tào mài nǐ, tā jiù huì tígōng zhèyàng de fúwù, nà zhè zhǒng Ktāmìng gēn yáotóuwán, tāmen zài shùyǔ shàng, Ktāmìng jiù jiào kùzǐ, nà yáotóuwán jiù jiào yīfú (táiyǔ) - suǒyǐ rúguǒ nǐ qù yèdiàn lǐmiàn, nǐ gēn tā shuō wǒ yào yī jiàn yīfú gēn kùzǐ (táiyǔ), tā jiù huì ná yī kē yáotóuwán gēn K gěi nǐ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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E仔 (ji¹ zai²) (Cantonese, slang)
快樂丸 / 快乐丸 (kuàilèwán) (Taiwan)
愛它死 / 爱它死 (àitāsǐ) (Singapore)
揈頭丸 / 揈头丸 (fing⁶ tau⁴ jyun^4-2) (Cantonese)
搖頭丸 / 摇头丸 (yáotóuwán)
狂藥 / 狂药 (kuángyào) (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand)
瘋藥 / 疯药 (fēngyào) (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand)

Dialectal synonyms of 搖頭丸 (“ecstasy; MDMA”) [map]

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Etymology 3

More information to wear, clothes; dress; garmentclothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine) ...

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìfú

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ fuk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìfú
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-fu²
  - Yale: yì-fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihfwu
  - Palladius: ифу (ifu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji³ fuk⁶
  - Yale: yi fuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ fuk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi³ fug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ fʊk̚²/

Middle Chinese: 'j+jH bjuwk

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Verb

衣服

(Classical) to put on clothes
- 雞初鳴而衣服，至於寢門外，問內豎之御者曰：「今日安否何如？」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  鸡初鸣而衣服，至于寝门外，问内竖之御者曰：「今日安否何如？」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE
  Jī chū míng ér yìfú, zhìyú qǐnmén wài, wèn nèishù zhī yùzhě yuē: “Jīnrì ānfǒu hérú?” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Rime
Character	衣	服
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	微 (20)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於希切	房六切
Baxter	'j+j	bjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨi/	/bɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨi/	/biuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiəi/	/biuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨj/	/buwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiəi/	/biuk̚/
Wang Li	/ĭəi/	/bĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔe̯i/	/bʱi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yī	fú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji¹	fuk⁶

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	衣	服
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	14837	3366
Phonetic component	衣	服
Rime group	微	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	依	伏
Old Chinese	/*qɯl/	/*bɯɡ/

Rime
Character	衣	服
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	微 (20)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於旣切	房六切
Baxter	'j+jH	bjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨi^H/	/bɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨi^H/	/biuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiəi^H/	/biuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨj^H/	/buwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiəi^H/	/biuk̚/
Wang Li	/ĭəi^H/	/bĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔe̯i^H/	/bʱi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì	fú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji³	fuk⁶

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	衣	服
Reading #	1/2	2/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yī	fú
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjɨj ›	‹ bjuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔ(r)əj/	/*[b]ək/
English	clothes	garment; wear (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		搖頭丸
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	搖頭丸, 快樂丸, 衣服, 綠蝴蝶, 狂喜, 亞當, 忘我
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	愛它死
Cantonese	Hong Kong	揈頭丸, E仔
Southern Min	Taipei	搖頭丸 GT, 衫 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

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