更衣

Chinese

		to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
simp. and trad. (更衣)		更	衣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēngyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gang¹ ji¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): keng-i

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēngyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gengyi
    • Wade–Giles: kêng¹-i¹
    • Yale: gēng-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gengi
    • Palladius: гэнъи (gɛnʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gang¹ ji¹
    • Yale: gāng yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gang¹ ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geng¹ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-i
    • Tâi-lô: king-i
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keng'y
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³ i³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/

Verb

更衣

1. (literary) to change one's clothes
2. (euphemistic) to go to the toilet

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 更衣

1. place to change one's clothes

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
更	衣
こう Grade: S	い Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

更(こう)衣(い) or 更衣(ころもがえ) • (kōi or koromogae) 

1. (seasonal) changing of one's clothes
2. (history) court's attendant in charge of clothes