UNDERWEAR  內衣

GARMENTS WORN UNDER OTHER GARMENTS.
UNDERGARMENT(S)UNDERTHINGSUNDERCLOTHESLINGERIEFOUNDATION GARMENT(S)INFORMAL UNDIESDRAWERSSKIVVIES
Hypernym
  • GARMENTCLOTH ARTEFACT WORN by HUMANS IN ORDER TO CAUSE THEMSELVES TO FEEL COMFORTABLE. 
    • ARTEFACTTHING PRODUCED by MAN.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Hyponym
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 ／

  • 漢代無知文化資料圖說 ( SUN JI) p. 242

Words

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
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
    Syntactic words
  • nwhite inner summer garment worn in summer, worn directly on the body
裏  lǐ OC: ɡ-rɯʔ MC: lɨ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • 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
    Syntactic words
  • nlong robe worn not directly on the body, but under the main dress
中襌  zhōng dān OC: krluŋ taan MC: ʈuŋ tɑn 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPNANBEICHAO: long dress worn between underwear and outer garment (HYDCD 1.609 has an illustration); also real underwear 汗衫)
巿韍  fú fú OC: pud pɯd MC: pi̯ut pi̯ut 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nloincloth made of leather
襌衣  dān yī OC: taan qɯl MC: tɑn ʔɨi 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPthin underwear worn between outer garment and innermost underwear

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: