Chinese Word of the Day

衣架
yī jià

hanger

Definitions

Chinese > English
衣架	yījià
1. n. coat hanger
2. n. clothes rack
3. n. (figurative) figure; body
4. n. (figurative, specifically) someone who is in shape; someone who has a good figure
5. n. (figurative) someone who only has appearances but no substance
English > Chinese
hanger
1. 悬挂架
Components
衣	yī
1. (upper) garment; clothes; clothing
衣服 - clothes
內衣 - underwear
睡衣 - night clothes; pajamas
2. coating; covering; skin
糖衣 - sugar coating
槍衣 - gun cover
3. membrane; film
4. (literary or dialectal) afterbirth; placenta
衣yì錦還huán鄉 - to return home in glory
架	jià
1. rack; stand; prop; frame; framework
2. to prop up; to support
3. to put up; to construct; to frame
4. quarrel; fight
一架飛機 - an airplane -
5. (dialectal)
一架車 - a car -
一架單車 - a bike -
6. (Min Nan) to place; to put; to rest on
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