青衣
căng-ĭ1.(historical) clothes worn by the emperor and his concubines during the spring
2.(historical) blue- or black-colored clothes (associated with lower-ranking individuals)
3.(historical) lower-ranking attendant (who wore blue- or black-colored clothes after the Han Dynasty)
4.a standard role type in Chinese opera, usually a middle-aged woman; such characters are generally married, dignified, and elegant women and are mainly wives and mothers
5.魚 blackspot tuskfish (Choerodon schoenleinii)
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- 冥衣mìng-ĭ
冥衣 mìng-ĭ
paper clothes given to cadavers for cremation; grave or burial clothes
- 大衣duâi-ĭ
大衣 duâi-ĭ
- 1. overcoat; topcoat
- 2. suit
- 棕衣cĕ̤ng-ĭ
棕衣 cĕ̤ng-ĭ
(Northern Min, Central Min, Zhaotong, Huaiji, dialectal Hakka) raincoat woven from palm fiber often worn by peasants in ancient China
- 睡衣sói-ĭ
睡衣 sói-ĭ
pyjamas; pajamas
- 衣服ĭ-hŭk
衣服 ĭ-hŭk
- 1. clothing; clothes; laundry
- 2. (informal, proscribed) upper outer garment; jacket; coat
- 衣線ĭ-siáng
衣線 ĭ-siáng
thread for sewing clothes
- 衣裳ĭ-siòng
衣裳 ĭ-siòng
clothes; clothing
- 衣食ĭ-sĭk
衣食 ĭ-sĭk
- 1. (literally) food and clothing
- 2. (by extension) basic everyday necessities; means of subsistence
- 3. omen; sign; harbinger