宽衣

寬衣
kuānyī
phrase #23,291

Meanings

  1. 1 please take off your coat (polite/honorific)
  2. 2 loose-fitting garment
  3. 3 to undress (classical/formal)

Examples

Qǐng kuānyī, bùbì jūlǐ.
Please take off your coat — there's no need to stand on ceremony.
Gǔdài nǚzǐ chuān de kuānyī dà xiù shífēn yōuyǎ.
The wide-sleeved robes worn by women in ancient times were very elegant.

Tips

register
宽衣 as an invitation to remove a coat is a formal, somewhat classical expression. In modern speech, 外套 (take off your coat) is more common. 宽衣 still appears in historical dramas and formal literary contexts.

Stroke Order

kuān