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裳

shang

HSK 6 Character

What 裳 means

1. used in {衣裳|yī shang}

Other readings

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

• chánglower garment; skirts; petticoats

Example sentences

• 孔子说："像夏禹的为人，我找不到可以指责的漏洞。自己吃着菲薄的饮食，而却用丰厚祭品祭拜祖先与神明；自己平时穿粗劣的衣裳，而在祭祀时穿戴华服礼帽；自己住小房子，却尽力开通水道沟渠。像夏禹这样的人，我实在找不到可以指责的漏洞了。"
  Confucius said: " Yu the Great's conduct, I could not point out any flaws. He consumes meager amount of food, while offering boastful riches to the Gods and ancestors; He always don the crudest attire, but wears lavish garments when worshipping; He resides in a small house, yet forges water ways and ditches with all his might. Figures like Yu the Great, I honestly cannot point out any reprehensible flaws."
• 若老师要筹划一趟假期旅行或类似需要比价、核算费用的事，他便会借助学生的本领。有时，妻子想要一个新果盘，或丈夫想要一把新裁纸刀；许多人有儿子需要听睡前短故事，或有女儿的洋娃娃必须穿上最时髦的衣裳；凡此种种，老师一律让学生替他代劳。
  If the teacher is to plan out a vacation or something similar requiring one to compare prices and figure out what it would cost, it is the pupils' skills he would exploit. Sometimes, the wife may be wishing for a new fruit bowl, or perhaps the husband is looking for a new letter opener. Many have sons that require a short bedside story or daughters with dolls that must be clad in clothing of utmost fashionability; all this, the teacher makes the pupils make for him.

Words containing 裳

• 衣裳yī shang(colloquial) clothes
• 霓裳ní chángnichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals 八仙
• 衣裳钩儿yī shang gōu rclothes hook

Characters that look like 裳

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

• 需xūto require; to need; to want
• 蒙méng(literary) sincere; honest; genuine
• 震zhènto shake; to vibrate; to jolt
• 蓄xùto store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)
• 霉méimold; mildew; to become moldy
• 雹báohail