TURBAN 頭巾巾
HAT in the form of a CLOTH TIED AROUND the HEAD.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
Words (4 items)
巾 jīn OC: krɯn MC: kin 0 Attributions
The general word for a turban is jīn 巾, and this type of headgear is worn as the only headgear.
- Syntactic words
- nheadband, tied round the forehead
帕 mò OC: mbraad MC: mɣat 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nheadgear in the form of a headband indicating one's rank, often worn by the military, and by commoners
幘 zé OC: skreeɡ MC: ʈʂɣɛk 0 Attributions
Zé 幘 is rare in pre-Han times and refers to a piece of thin silk with which to stabilise the hair-bun which parts of which might hang down over the shoulders and down to the eyebrows. Above the zé 幘 one might, occasionally, wear a guān 冠 "hat".
- Syntactic words
- nHAN: silken headband tied round the hair only, and not the forehead
帩頭 qiào tóu OC: smʰewɡs doo MC: tshiɛu du 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPheadscarf