UNDERWEAR    內衣

GARMENTS WORN UNDER OTHER GARMENTS.
UNDERGARMENT(S)UNDERTHINGSUNDERCLOTHESLINGERIEFOUNDATION GARMENT(S)INFORMAL UNDIESDRAWERSSKIVVIES
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Xiè 褻 is the most current general word for underwear, but not that the word can also come to mean "informal wear". 2. Páo 袍 refers to underwear in pre-Qin times, but this term includes what is worn above underwear but underneath the mean visible outside garment. 3. Rì 衵 is a rare word which refers to underwear, typically women's underwear. See WOMAN UNDERWEAR 4. Zhōng 衷 is currently used verbally to refer to the wearing of something underneath something else, and whereas the word is currently said to mean "underwear" in the dictionaries, we have yet to discover any evidence for this nominal usage. 5. Duó 襗 is a very rare word referring to garments worn above underwear but underneath the main visible outside garment.
Modern Chinese Criteria
內衣 中衣 褻衣 小衣裳 小褂 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
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)
  • 漢代無知文化資料圖說 ( SUN JI) p. 242

    • Words (10 items)

    衷  zhōng OC: krluŋ MC: ʈuŋ 1 Attribution

    Zhōng 衷 is currently used verbally to refer to the wearing of something underneath something else, and whereas the word is currently said to mean "underwear" in the dictionaries, we have yet to discover any evidence for this nominal usage.

      Syntactic words
    • nunderwear
    • vtoNZUO: wear as underwear
    中襌  zhōng dān OC: krluŋ taan MC: ʈuŋ tɑn 0 Attributions
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    • NPNANBEICHAO: long dress worn between underwear and outer garment (HYDCD 1.609 has an illustration); also real underwear 汗衫)
    衵  rì OC: mljiɡ MC: ȵit 0 Attributions

    Rì 衵 is a rare word which refers to underwear, typically women's underwear. See WOMAN UNDERWEAR

      Syntactic words
    袍  páo OC: buu MC: bɑu 0 Attributions

    Páo 袍 refers to underwear in pre-Qin times, but this term includes what is worn above underwear but underneath the mean visible outside garment.

      Syntactic words
    • nSHI 133: dress worn between underwear and what is worn visibly on the outside (NB: from Han times the word referred to a main dress worn on the outside.)
    袢  fán OC: bon MC: bi̯ɐn 0 Attributions
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    • nwhite inner summer garment worn in summer, worn directly on the body
    裏  lǐ OC: ɡ-rɯʔ MC: lɨ 0 Attributions
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    • nlining inside garment (SHI)
    褻  xiè OC: sŋed MC: siɛt 0 Attributions

    Xiè 褻 is the most current general word for underwear, but not that the word can also come to mean "informal wear".

      Syntactic words
    • nunderwear worn directly on the body
    襗  zé OC: ɡrlaaɡ MC: ɖɣɛk 0 Attributions
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    • nlong robe worn not directly on the body, but under the main dress
    襌衣  dān yī OC: taan qɯl MC: tɑn ʔɨi 0 Attributions
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    • NPthin underwear worn between outer garment and innermost underwear
    巿韍  fú fú OC: pud pɯd MC: pi̯ut pi̯ut 0 Attributions
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    • nloincloth made of leather