优衣库

優衣庫
Yōuyīkù
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 Uniqlo (Japanese clothing brand)

Examples

Wǒ yīguì lǐ yíbàn shì Yōuyīkù de.
Half of my wardrobe is from Uniqlo.
Dōngtiān tún jǐ jiàn Yōuyīkù de yǔróngfú gòu yòng le.
Stocking up on a few Uniqlo down jackets is enough for winter.

Tips

memory
(superior) + (clothing) + (warehouse). A flattering phono-semantic loan: mimics 'uni' in sound and means 'excellent clothes', echoes 'clo' and means 'warehouse'.

In Pop Culture

优衣库试衣间事件 Yōuyīkù shìyījiān shìjiàn
'The Uniqlo fitting-room incident'
A 2015 viral video filmed inside a Beijing Uniqlo fitting room that spread across WeChat, sparking huge discussion about privacy, marketing stunts and internet morality in China.

Stroke Order

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