Clothes in Chinese (Mandarin): 衣服 (yīfu)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 衣服

• 衣

  Clothes. It began as a drawing of a jacket with a collar.

  6 strokes

• 服

  Clothes; also to serve.

  8 strokes

Say 服 short and light: yī-fu. Count clothes with 件 (jiàn): 一件衣服, one piece of clothing.

More examples with 衣服

• 我的衣服是新的。

  Wǒ de yīfu shì xīn de.

  My clothes are new.

• 妈妈在洗衣服。

  媽媽在洗衣服。

  Māma zài xǐ yīfu.

  Mom is washing clothes.

How to write 衣服 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.