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服饰

fúshì

clothing and accessories; apparel

A customer holds up a red jacket by a clothes rack
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Characters in this word

服 fú

Strokes
8
Radical
月 — moon
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 服

饰 shì

Strokes
8
Radical
饣 — food
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 饰

Example phrases

  • 展览没有把少数民族服饰当作静态标本,而是放回婚礼、祭祀和日常劳动的语境中。 Zhǎnlǎn méiyǒu bǎ shǎoshù mínzú fúshì dàngzuò jìngtài biāoběn, ér shì fàng huí hūnlǐ, jìsì hé rìcháng láodòng de yǔjìng zhōng. The exhibition does not treat ethnic-minority clothing as static specimens, but places it back in the contexts of weddings, rituals, and daily labour.
  • 节日里,孩子们都穿上了漂亮的传统服饰。 Jiérì lǐ, háizimen dōu chuān shàng le piàoliang de chuántǒng fúshì. On the holiday, the children all put on beautiful traditional costumes.
  • 这家店专卖年轻人喜欢的潮流服饰。 Zhè jiā diàn zhuān mài niánqīngrén xǐhuan de cháoliú fúshì. This shop specialises in trendy clothing that young people like.

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