衣服
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 1
衣服 (yīfu) · clothes
衣服 (yīfu) means “clothes”. It is written with 2 characters: 衣 (cloth) + 服 (clothing). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 衣服 is built
The characters
衣 yī · cloth
What 衣 is made of
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A woman's dress (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
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)
Example sentences
我想买新衣服。Wǒ xiǎng mǎi xīn yīfu.I want to buy new clothes.
这些衣服是你的吗？Zhèxiē yīfu shì nǐ de ma?Are these clothes yours?
Questions about 衣服
What does 衣服 mean?
衣服 (yīfu) means “clothes”.
How do you pronounce 衣服?
衣服 is pronounced yīfu.
Which HSK level is 衣服?
衣服 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 1.
Related words
- 大衣dàyīovercoat
- 洗衣机xǐyījīwashing machine
- 衬衣chènyīshirt
- 上衣shàngyījacket
- 衣架yījiàclothes hanger
- 毛衣máoyīsweater
- 衣裳yīshangclothes
- 雨衣yǔyīraincoat
- 服务fúwùto serve
- 舒服shūfucomfortable
Learn 衣服 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 5: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.