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HSK
clothes / CL: ,
HSK 1
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  *换* | 换* | *换
to exchange / to change (clothes etc) / to substitute / to switch / to convert (currency)
HSK 2
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  *件* | 件* | *件
item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc
HSK 2
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  *领* | 领* | *领
neck / collar / to lead / to receive / classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
HSK 3
dress / clothing / costume / clothes / CL:
HSK 3
clothes hanger / clothes rack
HSK 3
size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes) / (coll.) propriety
HSK 4
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  *晒* | 晒* | *晒
(of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to
HSK 4
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  *投* | 投* | *投
to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
HSK 4
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  *抱* | 抱* | *抱
to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish / (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
HSK 4
to put on (clothes etc)
HSK 4
suit / Western-style clothes / CL:
HSK 5
whole body / from head to toe / single person / a suit of clothes
HSK 5
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  *服* | 服* | *服
clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes
HSK 6
fashion / fashionable clothes
HSK 6
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  *搭* | 搭* | *搭
to put up / to build (scaffolding) / to hang (clothes on a pole) / to connect / to join / to arrange in pairs / to match / to add / to throw in (resources) / to take (boat, train) / variant of
HSK 6
attire; clothes; dress
HSK 7-9
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  *揣* | 揣* | *揣
to put into (one's pockets, clothes) / Taiwan pr. [chuai3]
HSK 7-9
spacious; roomy; uncrowded / (of clothes) loose and comfortable / relaxed; free of worry / well-off; affluent
HSK 7-9
to sew and mend clothes for a pittance
night clothes / pajamas
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  *和* | 和* | *和
to mix (ingredients) together / to blend / classifier for rinses of clothes / classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
tuba / large size (clothes, print etc) / (polite) (your) name / (coll.) number two / to defecate
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  *衣* | 衣* | *衣
clothes / CL: / Kangxi radical 145
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  *衣* | 衣* | *衣
to dress / to wear / to put on (clothes)
(literary) clothes iron
dressed in Western-style clothes / impeccably attired
to wear mourning clothes / to be in mourning / also written 披麻帶孝|披麻带孝
to change clothes / to dress up; to put on a costume; to cosplay / to cross-dress
thick callus / (literary) thick silkwaste padded clothes
smart clothes / particular about one's dress
to change clothes / to go to the toilet (euphemism)
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  *身* | 身* | *身
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158
to launder clothes by pounding
fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes)
women's clothes
clothes
to combine / combination / composite character (i.e. a synonym of 合體字|合体字) / (of clothes) to be a good fit
men's clothes
to equip / to fit out / to get ready (for a journey) / to arrange (clothes) to be ready
splendid clothes / rich attire / one's Sunday best
to revamp / a face-lift / to retread (a tire) / to refurbish (old clothes) / newly emerging
black clothes / servant (old) / young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦
informal wear / home clothes (old) / women's underwear / lingerie
material for making clothes / CL: 塊|块
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  *搴* | 搴* | *搴
to seize / to pull / to hold up the hem of clothes
(coll.) clothes
ready-made clothes
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  *褪* | 褪* | *褪
to take off (clothes); to shed (feathers) / (of color) to fade / (fig.) (of emotions, awareness etc) to fade / Taiwan pr. [tun4]
lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom) / fig. flawless
to try on (clothes) / fitting
(of clothes) baggy; loose / (of a person) fat; stout / (medicine) hypertrophy
well-fitting (of clothes)
to have enough food and warm clothes / adequately provided
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  *褒* | 褒* | *褒
to praise / to commend / to honor / (of clothes) large or loose
insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin
winter clothes
(of clothes) ragged; shabby
swaddling clothes / fig. early stage of development / infancy
everyday clothes; informal dress; civilian clothes
to rinse (clothes)
to try wearing clothes / fitting trial
burial clothes
to tailor (clothes) / to trim (expenditure)
large-sized (of clothes, shoes) / (old) to give an order / (old) to quit one's job in a store
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  *BM* | BM* | *BM
Brandy Melville, fashion brand known for clothes targeted at very slim young women / (generic usage) fashions for petite young women
clothes iron
clothes hook
civilian clothes; plain clothes / plainclothesman
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  *褰* | 褰* | *褰
to lift (clothes, sheets) / lower garments
hat and clothes / attire
clothespin / clothes peg
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  *篝* | 篝* | *篝
bamboo frame for drying clothes / bamboo cage
wooden club (used to beat clothes in washing)
to sew / to make (clothes, bedding)
clothes and other items packed for traveling / baggage / luggage
mourning clothes
lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken
nichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals 八仙
tear or rupture / to have a tear (e.g. in one's clothes) / without restraint (e.g. of swearing)
to take off (one's clothes) / (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc) / (of a fad or the after-effects of a disaster etc) to subside / also pr. [tun4 qu4]
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  *裎* | 裎* | *裎
to take off one's clothes / naked
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  *挼* | 挼* | *挼
(dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled; crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak; feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor; inferior
clothes iron
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  *襜* | 襜* | *襜
the front of clothes
to lie down to sleep with one's clothes on
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  *帄* | 帄* | *帄
patch (for mending clothes)
clothes and shoes
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  *溻* | 溻* | *溻
(of clothes) to be soaked with sweat
to put on (clothes) / to put (clothes) back on
to hang up properly (telephone, picture, clothes etc)
well-fitting (of clothes)
to economize on clothes and food / to scrimp and save (idiom)
to iron (clothes)
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  *襚* | 襚* | *襚
grave-clothes
a suit (of clothes)
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  *楎* | 楎* | *楎
clothes-horse
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  *皁* | 皁* | *皁
black / police runners, from the black clothes formerly worn by them
Western-style clothes
young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)

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