GARMENT 衣服衣
CLOTH ARTEFACT WORN by HUMANS IN ORDER TO CAUSE THEMSELVES TO FEEL COMFORTABLE.
Hypernym
- ARTEFACTTHING PRODUCED by MAN.
- COLLARPART of the GARMENT MOST CLOSE to the NECK AND THROAT.
- GARMENT PARTSPARTS of GARMENT.
- HEMMOST OUTER PART of CLOTH OR GARMENT.
- SEAMSEWN BORDER BETWEEN TWO PIECES of CLOTH.
- SLEEVEPART of GARMENT MOST NEAR to the HAND.
See also
- CLOTHARTEFACT TYPICALLY PRODUCED by WEAVING OR KNITTING, SOMETIMES USED FOR PRODUCING GARMENTS.
- CLOTHARTEFACT TYPICALLY PRODUCED by WEAVING OR KNITTING, SOMETIMES USED FOR PRODUCING GARMENTS.
Hyponym
- HAT GARMENT one WEARS on the HEAD.
- RAIN HAT HAT one WEARS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RAIN.
- TURBAN HAT in the form of a CLOTH TIED AROUND the HEAD.
- OFFICIAL HAT RITUAL HAT worn by OFFICIAL.
- CROWN RITUAL ORNAMENT WORN ON THE HEAD
- BELT STRIP of CLOTH OR LEATHER USED to TIE ROUND one's WAIST.
- HORSE BELT BELT USED on HORSES.
- FOOTWEAR GARMENT WORN on the FEET.
- SOCK FOOTWEAR WORN INSIDE SHOES.
- UNDERWEAR GARMENTS WORN UNDER OTHER GARMENTS.
- WOMEN'S UNDERWEAR UNDERWEAR WORN by WOMEN.
- COURT DRESS GARMENT APPROPRIATE to be WORN at COURT.
- CLOAK HEAVY OUTER GARMENT FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RAIN AND COLD.
- RAINCOAT COAT one WEARS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RAIN.
- TROUSERS GARMENT WORN OVER STOMACH AND LEGS.
- JACKET OUTER GARMENET FOR THE UPPER PART of the BODY.
- SKIRT GARMENT WORN on the STOMACH AND HANGING LOOSELY on the SIDES.
- GARMENT FOR MOURNING GARMENT USED in MOURNING.
- APRON OUTSIDE GARMENT to PROTECT the FRONT of one's LOWER GARMENTS.
- GLOVE GARMENT one WEARS on one's HANDS.
- SHIRT THIN GARMENT WORN on the UPPER PART of the BODY.
- PYJAMAS GARMENT one WEARS WHILE SLEEPING.
- BUDDHIST GARMENT
- UNIFORM COMMON GARMENT WORN BY SOLDIERS, SHOWING RANK.
Old Chinese Criteria
2. Fú 服 refers to robes or formal dress. See COURT DRESS. The word refers to the specialized dress worn for various opportunities; mainly then to the formal court and ritual dress. The term refers not only to the cloth itself, but also to the various adornments belonging to it: [HUANG 1995: 713 - 714, 716 - 717]
3. Cháng 裳 refers to the part of the garment worn from the waist downwards. See SKIRT
4. Shén yí 深衣 refers to the cloth made in one piece, and not divided into the jacket and the skirt. This kind of cloth became popular in Warring States times, and was particularly common in the Han period. [HUANG 1995: 744 - 745, SUN 1991: 241; ill.: ZGYI 1996: tab. 49; SUN 1991: 60-1 - 60-5]
5. Paó 袍 is a kind of shén yí 深衣 which is long and consists of three layers of textile. From the Western Zhou till the Han, the term ussually referred to the undercloth, in Han times it began to be worn outside. [HUANG 1995: 745; SUN 1991: 243; ill.: SUN 60-6; ZGYI 1996: tab. 52; HAYASHI 1976: pp. 3, tab.1-3]
6. Chān tóu 襜褕 refers to the broad kind of shén yí 深衣, which came to use in Western Han times. Originally, it was a kind of unformal dress; since the Eastern Han, it could be used also on formal occassions. [SUN 1991: 243; ill.: SUN 1991: 60-7, 60-8]
7. Qiú 裘 refers to the fur garments which is mentioned already in SHIJING. It was worn in the winter. Fur garments for the upper class were usually made of fox or tiger skin, for the lower of dog or sheep skin. [HUANG 1995: 743]
8. Shù 裋 refers to the simple dress worn by humble people; it can be of various length and bredth. [HUANG 1995: 746 - 750; for the ordinary dress see ill.: SHEN 1992: tab. 70??]
9. Hè 褐 refers to the humble cloth worn by ordinary people, which is usually made of hemp, but also of animal hairs. The term partly overlaps with shù 裋, but refers more to the material then to the shape. [HUANG 1995: 748 - 750]
10. Rú 襦 refers to the short cloth reaching above the kneels; it can also refer to the child cloth. [ZGYI 1996: 220; ill.: SUN 1991: 59-3, 4; HAYASHI 1976: pp. 5, tab. 1-16; SHEN 1992: tab. 70]
11. Gǔn 袞, according to Han sources, refers to the ceremonial dress of the ruler embroidered with dragon design. [ZGYI 1996: 131]. In the Western Zhou and Chunqiu period, the term refers to the embroidered ritual dress. [XIANG 1997: 213 - 214; JWCYZD 1992: 804]
Modern Chinese Criteria
衣物
衣著
衣裳
衣衫
服
裝
衣
華服
服裝
服飾
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
Old Chinese Contrasts
士不衣織, 8. An (ordinary) officer did not wear anything woven of silk that had first been dyed.
無君者不貳采。 One who had left the service of his ruler wore no two articles of different colours.
衣正色, If the upper garment were one of the correct colours,
裳間色。 the lower garment was of the (corresponding) intermediate one.
tr. Legge 2.11
非列采不入公門, 9. One did not enter the ruler's gate without the proper colours in his dress;
振絺綌不入公門, nor in a single robe of grass-cloth, fine or coarse;
表裘不入公門, nor with his fur robe either displayed outside,
襲裘不入公門。 or entirely covered.
tr. Legge 2.11
纊為繭, 10. A garment wadded with new floss was called kien;
縕為袍, with old, pho.
襌為絅, One unlined was called kiung;
帛為褶。 one lined, but not wadded, tie
- A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
(
BUCK 1988)
p.
6.12 - Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien
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DOEDERLEIN 1840)
p.
GARMENT
vestis is the most general word for any clothes.
vestimentum is any single item of clothing.
amictus refers to the whole of the over-clothing.
amiculum refers to a single item of over-clothing, such as a cloak.
cultus refers to any item of clothing, girdle, hat, ornaments etc..
habitus refers to the general mode of dressing, carriage of the body etc.
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FINSTERBUSCH 1966)
p.
220 Kleidung
- China Handbuch
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FRANKE 1974)
p.
630 - 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao
(
HUANG JINGUI 1995)
p.
711 - The Impact of Buddhim on Chinese Material Culture
(
KIESCHNICK 2003)
p.
86-115 A description of the history of monastic uniforms.
- Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum
(
LANGIUS 1631)
p.
VESTIS
- 論衡同義詞研究
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LUNHENG TONGYI 2004)
p.
31 - Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise
(
REY 2005)
p.
4.1852 - 中國文化史三百題
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SANBAITI 1987)
p.
247-256 - Das grosse China-Lexikon
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STAIGER 2003)
p.
372 - 古辭辨 Gu ci bian
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WANG FENGYANG 1993)
p.
152 - 古辭辨 Gu ci bian
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WANG FENGYANG 1993)
p.
156 - 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci
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WU SANXING 2008)
p.
188ff - Histoire des moeurs
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POIRIER 1991)
p.
1.961 - SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse
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GIRARD 1769)
p.
1.399.360 VETEMENT.HABILLEMENT.HABIT
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Words
衣 yī OC: qɯl MC: ʔɨi 37 AttributionsWD
The current general word for garments of any kind is yī 衣, and the word refers specifically to the upper garments like jackets rather than the lower garments like skirts. [HUANG 1995: 711 - 712]
- Word relations
- Epithet: 襃/BROAD
- Contrast: 裘/CLOAK
By far the most common word for a cloak or fur coat is qiú 裘, but the word refers specifically to the fur coat of which the fur turned towards the outside. - Assoc: 服/GARMENT
Fú 服 refers to robes or formal dress. See COURT DRESS. The word refers to the specialized dress worn for various opportunities; mainly then to the formal court and ritual dress. The term refers not only to the cloth itself, but also to the various adornments belonging to it: [HUANG 1995: 713 - 714, 716 - 717] - Assoc: 食/FOOD
The general term for food is shí 食 and this includes food as well as drink and can refer generally to one's livelihood, also to staple foods as opposed to delicacies involving meat, such as kuài 膾 "minced meat, raw".
- Syntactic words
- n(primarily visible, outer) garments; clothes
- n(post-N)the (formal) garments of the contextually determiate NCH
- n[post-N]one's garmentsCH
- nadVwith clothesCH
衣服 yī fú OC: qɯl bɯɡ MC: ʔɨi buk 34 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPgarment, clothes
- NPabactway of dressing
- NP{N1&N2}nonreferentialclothes; garment
服 fú OC: bɯɡ MC: buk 15 AttributionsWD
Fú 服 refers to robes or formal dress. See COURT DRESS. The word refers to the specialized dress worn for various opportunities; mainly then to the formal court and ritual dress. The term refers not only to the cloth itself, but also to the various adornments belonging to it: [HUANG 1995: 713 - 714, 716 - 717]
- Word relations
- Assoc: 容/APPEARANCE
Róng 容 refers to the contours of a person, expecially the contours of his or her face. See FACE. [DYNAMIC], [OUTLINE] - Assoc: 衣/GARMENT
The current general word for garments of any kind is yī 衣, and the word refers specifically to the upper garments like jackets rather than the lower garments like skirts. [HUANG 1995: 711 - 712] - Oppos: 德/VIRTUE
The current general term for salient features and principles of charismatic moral integrity and generosity is dé 德, when used as a term of ethical evalutation; but this word has many other philosophically important meanings.
- Syntactic words
- n(often formal) robes
- nabactproper use of formal garments
- nmpost-Nritual garment worn in mourning for NCH
- viactdress ceremoniously in robes, be ceremoniously dressed
衰 cuī OC: tshrol MC: ʈʂhiɛ 10 AttributionsWD
zīcuī: sackclock mourning garment with hemmed sleeves
- Word relations
- Syntactic words
- NPagentread zī zuī: someone wearing sackcloth mourning garment with hemmed sleeves
- NPnonreferentialread zī zuī: sackclock mourning garment with hemmed sleeves
- VPiactread zī zuī: respectfully wear mourning garments with hemmed sleeves LY 9.10
衣冠 yī guān OC: qɯl koon MC: ʔɨi kʷɑn 7 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPgarment including clothes, hat, shoes
衣裳 yī cháng OC: qɯl djaŋ MC: ʔɨi dʑi̯ɐŋ 6 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPmclothes; robes (as gifts); upper and lower garments; garments of all kinds
褐 hè OC: ɡaad MC: ɦɑt 5 AttributionsWD
Hè 褐refers to a rough garment made of kudzo vine in early times, but later also of hemp. Hè 褐 refers to the humble cloth worn by ordinary people, which is usually made of hemp, but also of animal hairs. The term partly overlaps with shù 裋, but refers more to the material then to the shape. [HUANG 1995: 748 - 750]
- Syntactic words
- ncoarse cloth made of animal hair or hemp and clothes made of such coarse cloth
衣衾 yī qīn OC: qɯl khrɯm MC: ʔɨi khim 5 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NP{N1=N2}nonreferentialburial garments, funeral garments
朝服 cháo fú OC: daw bɯɡ MC: ɖiɛu buk 4 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NP{N1adN2}court dress
- VPadVdressed up court style
- VPiactdress up court style
法衣 fǎ yī OC: pab qɯl MC: pi̯ɐp ʔɨi 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPBuddhist garment
- VPiactwear the Buddhist garment
毛 máo OC: moow MC: mɑu 2 AttributionsWD
The general word for the fur of animals is máo 毛.
- Syntactic words
- nm[adN]fur garments 冬日衣皮毛
被 bèi OC: bralʔ MC: biɛ 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nclothing, cape
裘 qiú OC: ɡu MC: gɨu 2 AttributionsWD
Qiú 裘 refers to the fur garments which is mentioned already in SHIJING. It was worn in the winter. Fur garments for the upper class were usually made of fox or tiger skin, for the lower of dog or sheep skin. [HUANG 1995: 743]
- Syntactic words
- nelaborate garment (worn by Han emperor Wu when holding court)CH
褐 hè OC: ɡaad MC: ɦɑt 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nmcoarse garmentsCH
黻 fú OC: pɯd MC: pi̯ut 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nembroidered patterned garments
文采 wén cǎi OC: mɯn tshɯɯʔ MC: mi̯un tshəi 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPnonreferentialpatterned coloured clothes, elaborate fine coloured garments
法服 fǎ fú OC: pab bɯɡ MC: pi̯ɐp buk 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPBudhist garb
直裰 zhí duō OC: dɯɡ k-lood MC: ɖɨk tʷɑt 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPone-layered simple robe
褐衣 hè yī OC: ɡaad qɯl MC: ɦɑt ʔɨi 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPcoarse garment of hemp cloth
冠衣 guān yī MC: kwan 'j+j OC: koon qɯlCH 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPmnonreferentialgarments generally (excluding footwear)CH
裷 yuān MC: 'jwon OC: qonLZ 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- n= gun3 袞: king's or duke's ritual garmentLZ
副 fù OC: phɯɡs MC: phɨu 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nadV(wearing) as head-dress
皮 pí OC: bral MC: biɛ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- ngarments made of skin or hide> skin garments
禕 yī OC: qrɯl MC: ʔiɛ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nadV(wearing) as an embroidered robe??
私 sī OC: sil MC: si 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nmKarlgren: private clothes
稱 chèn MC: -- OC: -- 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- npost-V{NUM}.postadNclassifier for garments: set
袞 gǔn OC: kluunʔ MC: kuo̝n 1 AttributionWD
Gǔn 袞, according to Han sources, refers to the ceremonial dress of the ruler embroidered with dragon design. [ZGYI 1996: 131]. In the Western Zhou and Chunqiu period, the term refers to the embroidered ritual dress. [XIANG 1997: 213 - 214; JWCYZD 1992: 804]
- Syntactic words
- nduke's robe
裳 cháng OC: djaŋ MC: dʑi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
Cháng 裳 refers to the part of the garment worn from the waist downwards. See SKIRT
- Syntactic words
- vipregnantwear proper lower garments
裰 duō OC: k-lood MC: tʷɑt 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- n(simple) robe
領 lǐng OC: ɡ-reŋʔ MC: liɛŋ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- ncpost-V{NUM}.post-Nclassifieritem of funeral garment
冕服 miǎn fú OC: mronʔ bɯɡ MC: miɛn buk 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPmofficial garb
孝衣 xiào yī OC: qhruus qɯl MC: hɣɛu ʔɨi 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPmmourning garments
稅服 shuì fú OC: lʰods bɯɡ MC: ɕiɛi buk 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPthin mourning garment
- VPiactwear mourning garment
端委 duān wěi OC: toon qrolʔ MC: tʷɑn ʔiɛ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPceremonial garment made of one large cloth
- VPiactwear ceremonial dress; wear official garb
絺綌 chī xì OC: khrlil khaɡ MC: ʈhi khɣɛk 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPcoarse (typically hemp) garments; light linen??
苫蓋 shān gài OC: qhljem kaabs MC: ɕiɛm kɑi 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPgrass garment
草衣 cǎo yī OC: tshuuʔ qɯl MC: tshɑu ʔɨi 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPhemp garment
袞職 gǔn zhí OC: kluunʔ kljɯɡ MC: kuo̝n tɕɨk 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPembroidered robe
輕暖 qīng nuǎn OC: kheŋ noonʔ MC: khiɛŋ nʷɑn 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NP{N1&N2}subject=nonreflight and warm dresses
黻冕 fú miǎn OC: pɯd mronʔ MC: pi̯ut miɛn 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPnonreferentialritual garments including notoriously a kind of skirt covering the knees as well as a ritual hat
沙衣 shà yī MC: sraeH 'j+j OC: sraals qɯlCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nmCH
素縞 sù gǎo MC: suH kawX OC: saas koowʔCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPmpluralfine plain silk garmentsCH
美 měi MC: mijX OC: mriʔCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- v[adN]derivedbeautiful clothesCH
網羅 wǎng luó MC: mjangX la OC: maŋʔ b-raalCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPmcrude clothing made of nettingCH
布 bù OC: paas MC: puo̝ 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nmgarments, robes
絅 jiǒng OC: khʷeeŋʔ MC: kheŋ
褧 jiǒng OC: khʷeeŋʔ MC: kheŋ 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nSHI: coarse hemp overcoat
表 biǎo OC: prawʔ MC: piɛu 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nZHUANG: outer clothes
袗 zhěn OC: kljɯnʔ MC: tɕin 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nunlined clothes
袍 páo OC: buu MC: bɑu 0 AttributionsWD
Paó 袍 is a kind of shén yí 深衣 which is long and consists of three layers of textile. From the Western Zhou till the Han, the term ussually referred to the undercloth, in Han times it began to be worn outside. [HUANG 1995: 745; SUN 1991: 243; ill.: SUN 60-6; ZGYI 1996: tab. 52; HAYASHI 1976: pp. 3, tab.1-3]
- Syntactic words
裋 shù OC: djoʔ MC: dʑi̯o 0 AttributionsWD
Shù 裋 refers to the simple dress worn by humble people; it can be of various length and bredth. [HUANG 1995: 746 - 750; for the ordinary dress see ill.: SHEN 1992: tab. 70??]
- Syntactic words
褋 dié OC: leeb MC: dep 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nunlined garment
褘 huī OC: qhul MC: hɨi 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nqueen's ritual garment
褻 xiè OC: sŋed MC: siɛt 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nLY: generally: informal clothes
襌 dān OC: taan MC: tɑn 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nunlined garment
襦 rú OC: njo MC: ȵi̯o 0 AttributionsWD
Rú 襦 refers to the short cloth reaching above the kneels; it can also refer to the child cloth. [ZGYI 1996: 220; ill.: SUN 1991: 59-3, 4; HAYASHI 1976: pp. 5, tab. 1-16; SHEN 1992: tab. 70]
- Syntactic words
襮 bú OC: poowɡ MC: puok 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nrare, LSCQ: overcoat
襲 xí OC: zɯb MC: zip 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nfairly thin overcoat
顈 qiǒng MC: khwengX OC: khʷleeŋʔ 0 AttributionsWD
jiǒng
- Syntactic words
- nunlined garment (YILI)
深衣 shēn yī OC: qhljum qɯl MC: ɕim ʔɨi 0 AttributionsWD
Shēn yí 深衣 refers to the cloth made in one piece, and not divided into the jacket and the skirt. This kind of cloth became popular in Warring States times, and was particularly common in the Han period. [HUANG 1995: 744 - 745, SUN 1991: 241; ill.: ZGYI 1996: tab. 49; SUN 1991: 60-1 - 60-5]
- Syntactic words
- NP{vadN}LIJI: dress not divided into jacket and lower garment, hence the name
狐貉 hú mò OC: ɡʷaa mɢraaɡ MC: ɦuo̝ mɣɛk 0 AttributionsWD
fox or racoon dog fur
- Syntactic words
- NPm[adN][garments made of] fox and racoon dog [fur]
衣裘 yī qiú OC: qɯl ɡu MC: ʔɨi gɨu 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPnonreferentialclothing
襜褕 chān yú OC: khljam lo MC: tɕhiɛm ji̯o 0 AttributionsWD
Chān yú 襜褕 refers to the broad kind of shén yí 深衣, which came to use in Western Han times. Originally, it was a kind of unformal dress; since the Eastern Han, it could be used also on formal occassions. [SUN 1991: 243; ill.: SUN 1991: 60-7, 60-8]
- Syntactic words
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- Syntactic words
- NPmnonreferentialgarments generally (excluding footwear)CH
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