更衣

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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

Rime
Character 更 衣
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 庚 (109) 微 (20)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 古行切 於希切
Baxter kaeng 'j+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠæŋ/ /ʔɨi/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚaŋ/ /ʔɨi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kaŋ/ /ʔiəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kaɨjŋ/ /ʔɨj/
Li
Rong 		/kɐŋ/ /ʔiəi/
Wang
Li 		/kɐŋ/ /ĭəi/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kɐŋ/ /ʔe̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gēng yī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gang1 ji1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 更 衣
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gēng yī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kæng › ‹ ʔjɨj ›
Old
Chinese 		/*kˁraŋ/ /*ʔ(r)əj/
English change (v.) clothes

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 更 衣
Reading # 1/2 1/2
No. 866 14837
Phonetic
component 		丙 衣
Rime
group 		陽 微
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		庚 依
Old
Chinese 		/*kraːŋ/ /*qɯl/

Verb

更⫽衣 (verb-object)

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

Synonyms

  • (to change clothes):
Dialectal synonyms of 更衣 (“to change clothes”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 更衣
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 更衣, 換衣服
Mandarin Taiwan 換衣服
Singapore 換衣服
Cantonese Hong Kong 換衫
Singapore (Guangfu) 換衫
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 換衫
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 換衫
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 換衫
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 換衫
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 換衫
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 換衫
Southern Min Tainan 換衫
Penang (Hokkien) 換衫
Singapore (Hokkien) 換衫
Manila (Hokkien) 換衫
Singapore (Teochew) 換衫
Singapore (Hainanese) 換衫
  • (to go to the toilet):
Dialectal synonyms of 拉屎 (“to defecate”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 更衣 euphemistic
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 大便, 大解, 排便, 出大恭 euphemistic, 撇條 euphemistic
Mandarin Beijing 拉屎, 解大手兒, 拉㞎㞎
Taiwan 拉屎, 大便, 便便, 上二號, 上大號
Tianjin 解大手兒, 拉㞎㞎
Ulanhot 拉屎, 拉㞎㞎
Tongliao 拉屎, 拉㞎㞎
Chifeng 大便
Bayanhot 㞎屎, 㞎手, 㞎解
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 拉屎
Harbin 拉屎, 大便, 解大手兒
Yantai (Muping) 拉屎
Jinan 拉屎, 解大手, 大便
Luoyang 屙屎, 解大手兒, 大便
Wanrong 㞎屎
Zhengzhou 屙屎
Xi'an 㞎屎
Yinchuan 㞎屎
Lanzhou 㞎屎
Xining 大便, 解大手
Ürümqi 㞎屎, 大便, 解大手, 拉㞎㞎 childish
Wuhan 屙㞎㞎, 解大手, 丟堆子 dated, slang
Huanggang 解大手
Chengdu 屙屎, 解大手
Guiyang 屙屎, 解大手, 解大便, 屙㞎㞎 childish
Kunming 解大手
Guilin 屙㞎
Liuzhou 屙屎, 屙癟, 解大手, 解大便, 大便
Xuzhou 屙屎, 解大手, 出大恭
Yangzhou 屙屎, 出恭, 屙㞎㞎 childish
Nanjing 屙屎, 大解 dated, euphemistic
Hefei 屙屎
Nantong 屙屎, 屙㞎, 大解, 解大手 euphemistic
Malaysia 拉屎, 大便 childish
Singapore 拉屎, 大便
Cantonese Guangzhou 屙屎, 屙茄, 大便, 屙扽 dated, 屙唔 childish, 屙唔唔 childish
Hong Kong 屙屎, 屙茄, 大便, 屙大, 屙唔 childish, 屙唔唔 childish, 屙臭臭 childish, 勃勃 childish, 屙勃勃 childish, 屙坺坺 childish, 屙poo poo childish, 開大 slang, 爆石 slang, 擺堆 slang
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 屙屎
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 屙屎
Macau 屙屎, 大便
Guangzhou (Panyu) 屙屎
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 屙屎
Guangzhou (Conghua) 屙屎
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 屙屎
Foshan 屙屎
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 屙屎
Foshan (Shunde) 屙屎
Foshan (Sanshui) 屙屎
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 屙屎
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 屙屎
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 屙屎
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 屙屎
Zhuhai (Doumen) 屙屎, 出恭, 屙茄
Jiangmen (Baisha) 屙屎
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 屙屎
Taishan 屙屎
Kaiping (Chikan) 屙屎
Enping (Niujiang) 屙屎
Heshan (Yayao) 屙屎
Dongguan 屙屎
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 屙屎
Shaoguan 屙屎
Yunfu 屙屎
Yangjiang 屙屎
Xinyi 屙屎
Zhanjiang 擺堆
Lianjiang 屙屎
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 屙屎, 炸東京 slang
Ipoh (Guangfu) 屙屎, 爆石, 開大, 交電費
Singapore (Guangfu) 屙屎
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 屙屎
Gan Nanchang 屙屎, 解大手
Lichuan 屙屎
Pingxiang 屙屎, 解大手
Hakka Meixian 屙屎
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 屙屎, 屙茄, 屙不 childish
Changting 屙屎
Yudu 屙屎
Ruijin 屙屎
Shicheng 屙屎
Shangyou (Shexi) 屙屎
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 屙屎
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 屙屎
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 屙屎, 行通
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 屙屎, 行通
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 屙屎
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 屙屎
Hong Kong 屙屎
Sabah (Longchuan) 屙屎
Senai (Huiyang) 屙屎
Kuching (Hepo) 屙屎
Singkawang 屙屎
Huizhou Jixi 屙屎
Shexian 擦屎
Tunxi 拉屎
Xiuning 拉屎, 拉五, 上屎缸
Yixian 拉屎
Qimen 屙屎
Wuyuan 放屎, 出恭
Fuliang 屙屎, 放屎
Dexing 屙屎
Shitai (Xianyu) 屙屎
Jin Taiyuan 屙屎
Taibus (Baochang) 屙屎
Linhe 屙屎
Jining 大便
Hohhot 屙屎
Baotou 大便
Dongsheng 拉屎
Haibowan 拉屎
Northern Min Pucheng (Shibei) 拉屎
Eastern Min Fuzhou 拉屎, 大解, 出恭 euphemistic
Fuqing 拉屎
Sitiawan (Gutian) 拉屎
Southern Min Xiamen 放屎, 出恭 euphemistic
Quanzhou 放屎, 出恭 euphemistic
Jinjiang 放屎
Shishi 放屎
Zhangzhou 放屎, 出恭 euphemistic, 應屎 childish
Taipei 放屎
Kaohsiung 放屎
Yilan 放屎
Changhua (Lukang) 放屎
Taichung 放屎
Taichung (Wuqi) 放屎
Tainan 放屎
Taitung 放屎
Hsinchu 放屎
Penghu (Magong) 放屎
Penang (Hokkien) 放屎
Singapore (Hokkien) 放屎
Manila (Hokkien) 放屎, 大便
Chaozhou 放屎
Shantou 放屎
Shantou (Chaoyang) 放屎
Jieyang 放屎
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 放屎
Singapore (Teochew) 放屎
Leizhou 放屎
Wenchang 放屎
Haikou 放屎, 出恭
Singapore (Hainanese) 放屎
Puxian Min Putian 拉屎
Xianyou 拉屎
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 屙屎
Wu Shanghai 拆惡, 惹惡, 大便, 解大溲, 上馬桶, 辦公 humorous, 跳舞 humorous, 拆惡惡 childish, 惹惡惡 childish, 大溲 dated, 大解 dated
Shanghai (Chongming) 射惡
Suzhou 拆惡, 惹惡, 拆屎, 惹屎
Wuxi 屙屎
Danyang 屙屎, 解手, 出恭, 屙恭
Hangzhou 惹惡
Ningbo 惹惡, 大便, 大解
Wenzhou 拉惡
Jinhua 射惡
Xiang Changsha 屙屎, 解大手
Loudi 屙屎, 解大手 euphemistic, 屙㞎㞎 childish
Shuangfeng 屙屎

Derived terms

Noun

更衣

  1. (Classical) place to change one's clothes

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
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