衣衫

yīshān

noun #23,744

Meanings

1 clothing
2 clothes
3 garments

Characters

clothing; garment

shirt; unlined upper garment

Examples

他衣衫褴褛地站在街头。

Tā yīshānlánlǚ de zhàn zài jiētóu.

He stood on the street in tattered clothes.

她换上了一套整洁的衣衫。

Tā huànshàng le yī tào zhěngjié de yīshān.

She changed into a neat set of clothes.

Tips

register

衣衫 is a literary term for clothing. It frequently appears in the compound 衣衫褴褛 (yīshān lánlǚ) — ragged clothes — to describe poverty or dishevelment.

Stroke Order

衣 yī

衫 shān