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

HSK 5

他在博物馆看到了一件明代官服。

Tā zài bówùguǎn kàndào le yí jiàn Míngdài guānfú.

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

HSK 7-9

古代官服的颜色和花纹能看出品级。

Gǔdài guānfú de yánsè hé huāwén néng kànchū pǐnjí.

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

Tips

culture

Imperial-era official dress was rank-coded: Ming and Qing civil officials wore an embroidered '补子' (buzi) 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