浴衣
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Women in yukata
Chinese
| bath; to bathe | gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (浴衣) |
浴 | 衣 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yùyi
- Wade–Giles: yü4-i1
- Yale: yù-yī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhi
- Palladius: юйи (juji)
- Sinological IPA (key): /y⁵¹ i⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
御醫／御医
浴衣
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: juk6 ji1
- Yale: yuhk yī
- Cantonese Pinyin: juk9 ji1
- Guangdong Romanization: yug6 yi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊk̚² jiː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍k-i
- Tâi-lô: i̍k-i
- Phofsit Daibuun: eg'y
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɪk̚⁴⁻³² i⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
浴衣
Synonyms
- 浴袍 (yùpáo)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 浴 | 衣 |
| ゆかた | |
| Grade: 4 | Grade: 4 |
| jukujikun | |
Etymology
An abbreviation of 湯帷子 (yukatabira): yukatabira > yukata.
Pronunciation
Noun
- a thin light garment worn for sleeping, for wearing in the summer, or for bathing
- 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 6, page 32:
- 内衣 温室經云、澡浴之法、用七物其七日内衣、由加太比良○昌平本下總本有和名二字由加太比良、見榮華物語玉飾巻、今俗省呼由加太
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 833:
- Yucatabira. l, Yucata. ユカタビラ. まはた、ユカタ（湯帷子. または、ゆかた） 後者は省略形. 湯で身体を洗う者が、自分の身体を拭くための帷子 (Catabira).
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- yukata; a kind of light kimono used for general wear
Coordinate terms
References
- Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
- Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.