衣 (yī / yì) means Clothing (cover), Dress (gown - to wear). Below are 24 of the 73 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
这件 衣 服多少钱？
Zhè jiàn yīfu duōshao qián?
How much is this piece of clothing?
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 钱
这件 衣 服太贵了。
Zhè jiàn yīfu tài guì le.
This piece of clothing is too expensive.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 贵
我买了两件 衣 服。
Wǒ mǎi le liǎng jiàn yīfu.
I bought two pieces of clothing.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 件
这件 衣 服最便宜。
Zhè jiàn yīfu zuì piányi.
This piece of clothing is the cheapest.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 最
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 · 旧
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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
上个星期，我在网上买了一件大 衣 。
shànggexīngqī, wǒ zài wǎngshàng mǎile yíjiàn dà yī / yì.
Last week I bought a coat online.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
大 衣 是灰色的，而且比我想的小得多。
dà yī / yì shì huīsè de / dì, érqiě bǐ wǒ xiǎng de / dì xiǎo deduō.
The coat was grey, and much smaller than I'd expected.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
From the travel phrasebook
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 appears in 73 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.
Words that contain 衣
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 衣
How is 衣 used in a sentence?
This page shows 73 sentences using 衣 (yī / yì, "Clothing (cover), Dress (gown - to wear)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 衣 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 衣 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 衣?
The dictionary page for 衣 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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