服装
HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
服装 (fúzhuāng) · clothing
服装 (fúzhuāng) means “clothing; costume”. It is written with 2 characters: 服 (clothing) + 装 (to put in). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 服装 is built
The characters
服 fú · clothing
What 服 is made of
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 卩jié — seal
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 又yòu — and
Origin hint: A person 卩 putting on 又 a coat 月 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
装 zhuāng · to put in
What 装 is made of
- 壮zhuàng — big
- 丬qiáng — half of tree trunk
- 冫bīng — ice
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 士shì — scholar
- 丬qiáng — half of tree trunk
- 衣yī — cloth
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: 衣 gives the meaning, 壮 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这家店的服装很便宜。Zhè jiā diàn de fúzhuāng hěn piányi.The clothes in this shop are cheap.
你在服装公司工作吗？Nǐ zài fúzhuāng gōngsī gōngzuò ma?Do you work for a clothing company?
Questions about 服装
What does 服装 mean?
服装 (fúzhuāng) means “clothing; costume”.
How do you pronounce 服装?
服装 is pronounced fúzhuāng.
Which HSK level is 服装?
服装 is in HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 衣服yīfuclothes
- 服务fúwùto serve
- 舒服shūfucomfortable
- 克服kèfúto overcome
- 说服shuōfúto persuade
- 征服zhēngfúto conquer
- 服务员fúwùyuánwaiter
- 佩服pèifúto admire
- 服从fúcóngto obey
- 服气fúqìto be convinced
Learn 服装 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 7: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.