衣服

衣服 yīfu in a sentence

Clothes

Full dictionary entry HSK 1 27 sentences

衣服 (yīfu) means Clothes. Below are 24 of the 27 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

妈妈在买 衣服

Māma zài mǎi yīfu.

Mom is buying clothes.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 衣服

妈妈在洗 衣服

Māma zài xǐ yīfu.

Mum is washing clothes.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

这件 衣服 多少钱?

Zhè jiàn yīfu duōshao qián?

How much is this piece of clothing?

Dictionary example · HSK 1 ·

她穿白色的 衣服

Tā chuān báisè de yīfu.

She wears white clothes.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

他穿红色的 衣服

Tā chuān hóngsè de yīfu.

He wears red clothes.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 穿

这件 衣服 太贵了。

Zhè jiàn yīfu tài guì le.

This piece of clothing is too expensive.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

我买了两件 衣服

Wǒ mǎi le liǎng jiàn yīfu.

I bought two pieces of clothing.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

这件 衣服 最便宜。

Zhè jiàn yīfu zuì piányi.

This piece of clothing is the cheapest.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

这件 衣服 很旧了。

Zhè jiàn yīfu hěn jiù le.

This piece of clothing is quite old now.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 ·

她穿着一件红 衣服

Tā chuān zhe yí jiàn hóng yīfu.

She is wearing red clothes.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

他买了一件新 衣服

Tā mǎi le yí jiàn xīn yīfu.

He bought a new piece of clothing.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

这两件 衣服 都很便宜。

Zhè liǎng jiàn yīfu dōu hěn piányi.

Both of these clothes are cheap.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

这件 衣服 比那件便宜。

Zhè jiàn yīfu bǐ nà jiàn piányi.

This piece of clothing is cheaper than that one.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 便宜

From the graded readers

我想买一件 衣服

wǒ xiǎng mǎi yíjiàn yīfu.

I wanted to buy a piece of clothing.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping

我很喜欢我的新 衣服

wǒ hěn xǐhuan wǒ de(possessive) xīn yīfu.

I really like my new clothes.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping

我看见一件红色的 衣服

wǒ kànjiàn yíjiàn hóngsè de / dì yīfu.

I saw a red one.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping

我们跑回家, 衣服 都湿了。

wǒmen pǎo huíjiā, yīfu dōu shī le / liǎo / liào.

We ran home and our clothes were soaked.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today

商店里的 衣服 很多,很漂亮。

shāngdiàn lǐ de / dì yīfu hěnduō, hěn piàoliang.

There were a lot of clothes in the shop and they were pretty.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping

我问:“这件 衣服 多少钱?”

wǒ wèn:" zhèijiàn yīfu duōshao qián?"

I asked, "How much is this?"

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping

最后我们买了这件 衣服 ,二百块。

zuìhòu wǒmen mǎile zhèijiàn yīfu, èrbǎi kuài.

In the end we bought it for two hundred yuan.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping

上午我打扫了房间,还洗了 衣服

shàngwǔ wǒ dǎsǎo le / liǎo / liào fángjiān, hái / huán xǐ le / liǎo / liào yīfu.

In the morning I cleaned my room and did the washing.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend

回到家的时候,大家的 衣服 都湿了。

huídào jiā de / dì shíhou, dàjiā de / dì yīfu dōu shī le / liǎo / liào.

By the time we got back everyone's clothes were soaked.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Rainy Day

我把 衣服 放进箱子里,把书放在另外一个箱子里。

wǒ bǎ yīfu fàngjìn xiāngzi lǐ, bǎ shū fàng zài lìngwài yīgè xiāngzi lǐ.

I put the clothes in boxes and the books in another box.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House

From the grammar library

这件 衣服 是在网上买的。

Zhè jiàn yīfu shì zài wǎng shàng mǎi de.

I bought this online.

Grammar library · HSK 4 · 是…的 — emphasising the details

衣服 appears in 27 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

Questions about 衣服

How is 衣服 used in a sentence?

This page shows 27 sentences using 衣服 (yīfu, "Clothes"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 衣服 an HSK word?

Yes — 衣服 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 衣服?

The dictionary page for 衣服 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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