吉利服

jílìfú
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 ghillie suit (camouflage suit covered in foliage strips)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Jūjīshǒu chuānzhe jílìfú qiánfú zài cǎocóng zhōng.
The sniper lay hidden in the grass wearing a ghillie suit.
HSK 7-9
Jílìfú kěyǐ ràng rén wánquán róngrù zhíbèi.
A ghillie suit can make a person blend completely into the vegetation.

Tips

memory
Phonetic loan from English 'ghillie' (ghil-lee → jí-lì). The Scottish word for a hunting attendant became the name of the suit. Chinese borrows the sound and writes it with auspicious-sounding characters 吉 (lucky) + 利 (favorable), purely phonetic.

Stroke Order

吉 jí
利 lì
服 fú