衣服
yī fu
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Clothes, clothing: anything you wear on your body. A single garment takes the measure word 件, mostly for tops, jackets and dresses (trousers take 条): 一件衣服. Putting clothes on is 穿衣服, buying them 买衣服. The second syllable has a neutral tone.
Quần áo, đồ mặc trên người nói chung. Lượng từ cho từng chiếc là 件, chủ yếu dùng cho áo và váy (quần thì dùng 条): 一件衣服 (một chiếc áo). 穿衣服 là mặc quần áo, 买衣服 là mua quần áo. Âm tiết thứ hai đọc thanh nhẹ.
NounRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “y phục” (y-phuc). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “衣服” mean?
Clothes, clothing: anything you wear on your body. A single garment takes the measure word 件, mostly for tops, jackets and dresses (trousers take 条): 一件衣服. Putting clothes on is 穿衣服, buying them 买衣服. The second syllable has a neutral tone. Literally: garment and attire
Is “衣服” formal or informal?
衣服 is generally neutral.