更 gèng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
更衣室
gēngyīshì
changing room; dressing room
Characters in this word
衣 yī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 衣 — cloth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
室 shì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 至 reach, arrive
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 比赛结束后，更衣室里一片沉默，没人愿意先谈那次失误。 Bǐsài jiéshù hòu, gēngyīshì lǐ yí piàn chénmò, méi rén yuànyì xiān tán nà cì shīwù. After the match, the changing room was silent, and no one wanted to be the first to talk about that mistake.
- 游泳以后，我去更衣室换衣服。 Yóuyǒng yǐhòu, wǒ qù gēngyīshì huàn yīfu. After swimming, I go to the changing room to change my clothes.
- 商店的更衣室在二楼，试衣服请排队。 Shāngdiàn de gēngyīshì zài èr lóu, shì yīfu qǐng páiduì. The shop's fitting room is on the second floor; please queue to try clothes on.
Related words
- 更 gèng more; even more
- 更加 gèngjiā even more
- 更换 gēnghuàn to replace; to change
- 更新 gēngxīn to update
- 变更 biàngēng to change; to alter; change
- 更改 gēnggǎi to change; to alter
- 更正 gēngzhèng to correct; to amend
- 自力更生 zìlìgēngshēng to rely on one’s own efforts; self-reliance
- 衣服 yīfu clothes
- 大衣 dàyī overcoat
- 洗衣机 xǐyījī washing machine
- 衬衣 chènyī shirt