Dictionary › 袜

袜

wà

HSK 4 Character Traditional 襪

What 袜 means

1. socks
2. stockings

Other readings

袜 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• wàvariant of {袜|wà}
• wàvariant of {袜|wà}

Example sentences

• 穿丝袜！
  Wear silk socks!
• 穿上丝袜！
  Put on your stockings!
• 把袜子脱掉。
  Take off your socks.
• 她穿上袜子。
  She draws on her socks.
• 你的袜子好臭。
  Nǐ de wàzi hǎo chòu.
  Your socks stink.
• 她正在穿丝袜。
  Tā zhèngzài chuān sīwà.
  She is wearing stockings right now.

Words starting with 袜

• 袜子wà zisocks; stockings
• 袜套wà tàoleg warmers
• 袜带wà dàigarter
• 袜裤wà kùleggings; tights

Words containing 袜

• 丝袜sī wàstockings; pantyhose
• 鞋袜xié wàshoes and socks
• 短袜duǎn wàsock
• 网袜wǎng wàfishnet stockings
• 船袜chuán wàankle socks; invisible socks
• 裤袜kù wàpantyhose; tights
• 长袜cháng wàhose; stocking
• 吊袜带diào wà dàisuspenders (for stockings)
• 大腿袜dà tuǐ wàthigh highs
• 泡泡袜pào pao wàloose socks; baggy socks
• 连裤袜lián kù wàpantyhose; tights
• 长筒袜cháng tǒng wàstockings; thigh-highs
• 长统袜cháng tǒng wàstockings
• 波士顿红袜Bō shì dùn Hóng wàBoston Red Sox (baseball) team

Characters that look like 袜

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 旅lǚtrip; travel; to travel
• 祖zǔancestor; forefather; grandparents
• 祸huòdisaster; misfortune; calamity
• 梳shūto comb; (bound form) a comb
• 祢nǐyou (used to address a deity)
• 袄ǎocoat; jacket; short and lined coat or robe

Sounds the same

Read wà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 腽used in 腽肭
• 搲to pull; to drag