官服

guānfú

noun

Measure Word

一件官服 jiàn

Meanings

1 official dress (of an imperial-era government official)
2 uniform of an official

Characters

Examples

古代官服的颜色和花纹能看出品级。

Gǔdài guānfú de yánsè hé huāwén néng kànchū pǐn jí.

The colour and patterns of ancient official robes indicated the wearer's rank.

他在博物馆看到了一件明代官服。

Tā zài bówùguǎn kàndào le yí jiàn Míng dài guānfú.

He saw a Ming-dynasty official robe at the museum.

Tips

culture

Imperial-era official dress was rank-coded: Ming and Qing civil officials wore an embroidered 'buzi' (补子) square on the chest — birds for civil officials, beasts for military. First-rank civil officials wore a crane (仙鹤); first-rank military, a qilin.

Stroke Order

官 guān

服 fú