SKIRT    裙

GARMENT WORN on the STOMACH AND HANGING LOOSELY on the SIDES.
A-LINE SKIRTGRASS SKIRTPETAL SKIRTBIAS-CUT SKIRTHALF-CIRCLE SKIRTPETTICOATCIRCLE SKIRTHOBBLE SKIRTPLEATED SKIRTCRINOLINEJEANS SKIRTPOODLE SKIRTDIRNDL (SKIRT)KILTPRAIRIE SKIRTFLARED SKIRTMINISKIRTSHEATHGORED SKIRTOVERSKIRTWRAPAROUND SKIRT
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general term for lower garments is cháng 裳. 2. Qún 裙 refers to the ankle-long skirt worn by women, but in ancient China this could also be worn by men. The term became current only in Eastern Han times. 3. Chān 襜 refers to an apron worn by men, usually unembroidered, and the word is rare.
Modern Chinese Criteria
裙子 裙 裳 連衣裙 連衫裙 布拉吉 油裙 圍裙 旗袍裙 短裙 超短裙 百褶裙 直統裙 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • GARMENT　CLOTH ARTEFACT WORN by HUMANS IN ORDER TO CAUSE THEMSELVES TO FEEL COMFORTABLE.  (anc: 5/0, child: 17)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 6.46

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 729

    • Words (6 items)

    裳  cháng OC: djaŋ MC: dʑi̯ɐŋ 9 Attributions

    The general term for lower garments is cháng 裳.

      Syntactic words
    • nSHI: lower robes (particularly visible outer garments worn below the yī 衣 "upper clothes" 毛傳：在下曰裳
    • n[post-N]one's skirt (worn by men)CH
    裙  qún OC: ɡlun MC: gi̯un 1 Attribution

    Qún 裙 refers to the ankle-long skirt worn by women, but in ancient China this could also be worn by men. The term became current only in Eastern Han times.

      Syntactic words
    • nlong skirt worn mainly by women
    袚  bō OC: pood MC: pʷɑt 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • napron-line padding in front of one's knees, dialect word
    襜  chān OC: khljam MC: tɕhiɛm 0 Attributions

    Chān 襜 refers to an apron worn by men, usually unembroidered, and the word is rare.

      Syntactic words
    韠  bì OC: pid MC: pit 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nembroidered knee cover worn on non-ceremonial occasions
    蔽膝  bì xī OC: peds siɡ MC: piɛi sit 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nHANSHU: knee cover or apron, not necessarily embroidered, and not ceremonial but for more comfortable kneeling/sitting