衣架

Chinese

		gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear	to support; frame; rack to support; frame; rack; framework; measure word for planes, large vehicles, radios, etc.
trad. (衣架)		衣	架
simp. #(衣架)		衣	架

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yījià

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄐㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ gaa^3-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yījià
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄐㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijià
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chia⁴
    • Yale: yī-jyà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijiah
    • Palladius: ицзя (iczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yījiàr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄐㄧㄚˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijiàr
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chia⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: yī-jyàr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijiall
    • Palladius: ицзяр (iczjar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ gaa^3-2
    • Yale: yī gá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ gaa^3-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ ga^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ kaː³³⁻³⁵/

Noun

衣架

1. coat hanger
2. clothes rack
3. (figurative) figure; body
   1. (figurative, specifically) someone who is in shape; someone who has a good figure
4. (figurative) someone who only has appearances but no substance

Synonyms

• (coat hanger):

Dialectal synonyms of 衣架 (“coat hanger”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		衣架
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	衣架
	Taiwan	衣架
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	衣架
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	衣架子
	Guiyang	衣架
Cantonese	Guangzhou	衣架, 衫架
	Hong Kong	衣架
Gan	Lichuan	衣架
Hakka	Meixian	衣架
Southern Min	Xiamen	衫架
	Quanzhou	衫架
	Zhangzhou	衫架, 衫仔架
	Taipei	衫仔弓, 衫弓仔, 衫仔架, 衫架仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	衫架
	Chaozhou	衫架
Wu	Shanghai	衣架
	Shanghai (Chongming)	衣架
	Suzhou	衣架
	Danyang	衣架, 衣裳架架, 衣裳架子
	Ningbo	衣架
	Wenzhou	衣裳架
	Jinhua	衣架

• (clothes rack): (Cantonese) 衫架
• (figure):

• 個／个 (chiefly refers to height)
• 個子／个子 (gèzi) (chiefly refers to height)
• 個頭／个头 (chiefly refers to height)
• 形體／形体 (xíngtǐ)
• 漢草／汉草 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 衣架子 (yījiàzi) (figurative)
• 身材 (shēncái)
• 身架子 (seng¹ jia³ zeh) (Jin)
• 身段 (shēnduàn) (of a woman)
• 身胚 (Hakka)
• 身裝／身装 (Hakka)
• 骨塊／骨块 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 體型／体型 (tǐxíng)
• 體形／体形 (tǐxíng)
• 體態／体态 (tǐtài) (including posture)

 

Derived terms

• 吊衣架
• 衣架子 (yījiàzi)
• 衣架飯囊／衣架饭囊
• 飯囊衣架／饭囊衣架

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
衣	架
い Grade: 4	か Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) い​か [íꜜkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ika̠]

Noun

衣(い)架(か) • (ika) 

1. clothes rack

Synonyms

• 衣桁(いこう) (ikō)