襯衣

See also: 衬衣

Chinese

		give alms; underwear; to line give alms; underwear; to line; lining; contrast; assist	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
trad. (襯衣)		襯	衣
simp. (衬衣)		衬	衣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chènyī

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˋ ㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): can³ ji¹
Jin (Wiktionary): ceng³ i¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhìn-i

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chènyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chènyi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻên⁴-i¹
  - Yale: chèn-yī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chenni
  - Palladius: чэньи (čɛnʹi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ i⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: can³ ji¹
  - Yale: chan yī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsan³ ji¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cen³ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn³³ jiː⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ceng³ i¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰəŋ⁴⁵ i¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìn-i
  - Tâi-lô: tshìn-i
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chien'y
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ i³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ i⁴⁴/

Noun

襯衣

underwear.
(chiefly Mainland China) shirt.
(Cantonese) to match clothing; put together an outfit. See 襯衫

Synonyms

(underwear):

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內內 / 内内 (nèinei) (colloquial, cute-sounding)
內套 / 内套 (Hokkien)
內衣 / 内衣 (nèiyī)
內衣褲 / 内衣裤 (nèiyīkù)
內衫 / 内衫 (Hokkien)
內䘥仔 / 内䘥仔 (Hokkien, sleeveless underwear)
內褲 / 内裤 (nèikù) (underpants)
內面衫 / 内面衫 (Hokkien)
內面褲 / 内面裤 (Hokkien, underpants)
套衫 (tau³ san¹) (Jin)
底衫 (dai² saam¹) (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
底衫仔 (Hakka)
底衫褲 / 底衫裤 (dai² saam¹ fu³) (Cantonese)
短褲 / 短裤 (duǎnkù) (shorts, underwear bottoms)
秋衣 (qiūyī) (long-sleeved thermal undergarment)
秋褲 / 秋裤 (qiūkù) (long underwear pants)
褲衩 / 裤衩 (kùchǎ)
褻衣 / 亵衣 (xièyī) (literary, women's underwear)

(shirt):

Dialectal synonyms of 襯衫 (“shirt”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		襯衫
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	襯衣, 襯衫, 汗衫
	Taiwan	襯衫
	Harbin	襯衫兒
	Singapore	襯衫
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	襯衣, 襯衣兒, 襯衫兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	襯衣, 襯衫兒
	Xi'an	襯衫兒, 襯衫子
	Xining	襯衫
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	襯衣, 襯衫
	Wuhan	襯衣, 襯衫
	Guiyang	襯衣, 襯衫
	Liuzhou	襯衣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	襯衫
	Yangzhou	襯衫
	Hefei	襯衣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	恤衫
	Hong Kong	恤衫
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	恤衫
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	恤衫
	Macau	恤衫
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	恤衫
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	恤衫
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	恤衫
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	恤衫
	Foshan	恤衫
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	恤衫
	Foshan (Shunde)	恤衫
	Foshan (Sanshui)	恤衫
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	恤衫
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	恤衫
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	恤衫
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	恤衫
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	恤衫
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	恤衫
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	恤衫
	Taishan	恤衫
	Kaiping (Chikan)	恤衫
	Enping (Niujiang)	恤衫
	Heshan (Yayao)	恤衫
	Dongguan	恤衫
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	恤衫
	Yangjiang	恤衫
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	恤衫
Gan	Nanchang	襯衫
	Lichuan	襯衫
	Pingxiang	襯衣
Hakka	Meixian	恤衫, 汗衫
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	恤衫
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	恤衫
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	恤衫
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	恤衫
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	恤衫
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	恤子, 歪恤子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	面衫
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	恤子, 歪恤子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	襯衫, 恤子, 歪恤子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	襯衫, 恤子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	襯衫, 恤子, 歪恤子
	Hong Kong	恤衫
	Senai (Huiyang)	恤衫
Huizhou	Jixi	襯衫
Jin	Taiyuan	衫衫, 襯衣, 襯衫
Jin	Xinzhou	襯衫子, 襯襖兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	襯衫
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	襯衫, 汗衫
Southern Min	Xiamen	雲衫, 雲衫衫
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	雲衫
	Quanzhou	雲衫, 雲衫衫
	Jinjiang	雲衫
	Zhangzhou	雲衫
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	雲衫
	Zhao'an	內衫
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	oăi-siat-chuh
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	siat-chuh
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	oăi-siat-chuh
	Yilan (Toucheng)	siat-chuh
	Tainan (Anping)	oăi-siat-chuh
	Penghu (Xiyu)	siat-chuh
	Chaozhou	恤衫
	Jieyang	恤衫
	Bangkok (Teochew)	恤衫
	Leizhou	恤衫
	Haikou	恤衫
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	恤衫
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	襯衫
Wu	Shanghai	襯衫, 襯裡短衫 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	襯衫
	Suzhou	襯衫
	Danyang	襯衫
	Hangzhou	襯衫
	Ningbo	襯衫
	Wenzhou	襯衫
	Jinhua	襯衫
Xiang	Changsha	襯衣, 襯衫
	Loudi	熱衣子
	Shuangfeng	襯衣

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
襯	衣
しん Hyōgai	い Grade: 4
on'yomi	kan'on

Appears to be from Middle Chinese 襯衣 (MC tsrhinH 'j+j|'j+jH).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんい [shíꜜǹ'ì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃i]

Noun

襯(しん)衣(い) • (shin'i)

underwear
Synonyms: 肌着 (hadagi), 襦袢 (juban), 繻絆 (juban)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
襯	衣
しゃつ
Hyōgai	Grade: 4
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 襯衣 – see the following entry.

【シャツ】

[noun] a shirt

[noun] an undershirt, a vest

(This term, 襯衣, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“〈^▲襯衣〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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