衫 (shān): shirt
衫 (shān) is a Chinese character meaning “shirt.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 衤 (semantic) and 彡 (phonetic). It ranks #2106 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 衫 clothes. Its radical form 衤 (clothing) appears in many related characters such as 衣 (yī, clothing), 表 (biǎo, exterior surface), 装 (zhuāng, dress, install).
Definitions
- shirt
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 衫
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 运动衫noun | yùn dòng shān | sports shirt |
| 恤衫noun | xù shān | shirt (loanword) |
| 汗衫noun | hàn shān | vest |
| 羊毛衫noun | yáng máo shān | wool sweater |
| 衣衫noun | yī shān | clothing |
| 套衫noun | tào shān | a pullover |
| 体恤衫noun | tǐ xù shān | T-shirt |
| 罩衫noun | zhào shān | smock |
| 长衫noun | cháng shān | long gown |
| 毛织运动衫 | máo zhī yùn dòng shān | jersey |
| 广告衫 | guǎng gào shān | promotional T-shirt |
| 冷气衫 | lěng qì shān | warm clothes such as padded jacket to be worn in air conditioning (esp. in Hong Kong) |
| 开衫 | kāi shān | cardigan |
| 套衫儿 | tào shān r | a pullover |
| 海魂衫 | hǎi hún shān | Breton shirt |
衫 appears in 23 compound words: 0 as the first character, 96 as the last, and 4 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 衫 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
这件衬衫是纯棉的，穿起来很透气。
Zhè jiàn chènshān shì chún mián de, chuān qǐlái hěn tòuqì.
This shirt is pure cotton and very breathable when worn.
影音/同款衬衫不只1件?! 总统连2天都穿格子衫 台南...
yǐng yīn tóng kuǎn chèn shān bù zhī 1 jiàn ? ! zǒng tǒng lián 2 tiān dōu chuān gé zǐ shān tái nán . . .
Video/More than one of the same shirt?! The president has worn a plaid shirt two days in a row in Tainan...
NBA/雷霆遭绿衫军双探花终止12连胜 与马刺剩2场胜差
N B A léi 霆 zāo lǜ shān jūn shuāng tàn huā zhōng zhǐ 1 2 lián shèng yǔ mǎ cì shèng 2 chǎng shèng chā
NBA: Thunder's 12-Game Winning Streak Ended by Celtics' Two Top Draft Picks; Now Trailing Spurs by Two Games
衬衫领口泛黄洗不掉!日本爸用“家中2法宝”秒...
chèn shān lǐng kǒu fàn huáng xǐ bù diào ! rì běn bà yòng jiā zhōng 2 fǎ bǎo miǎo . . .
Yellow stains on shirt collars that won’t come out! A Japanese dad uses “two household items” to remove them in seconds...
唱钱|侧田激动到除衫!打爆“9格Sing盘”为观众赢得3万现...
chàng qián cè tián jī dòng dào chú shān ! dǎ bào 9 gé S i n g pán wéi guàn zhòng yíng dé 3 wàn xiàn . . .
Singing money|Side Tian was so excited that he took off his shirt! Blowing up the "9-grid Sing plate" to win 30,000 cash for the audience...
法國潮牌熨燶白裇衫賣8884港元嚇親人 網民笑:阿媽都整過...
fǎ 國 cháo pái 熨 燶 bái 裇 shān 賣 gǎng yuán 嚇 親 rén 網 mín xiào ā 媽 dōu zhěng 過 . . .
Ironed white shirts sell for HK$8,884 in France.
她衣衫单薄，恐会着凉。
Tā yīshān dānbó, kǒng huì zháoliáng.
She wore such thin clothes that she might well catch a cold.
我买了这件减价的汗衫。
Wǒ mǎi le zhè jiàn jiǎnjià de hànshān.
I bought this T-shirt on sale.
夏天我穿短袖衬衫。
Xiàtiān wǒ chuān duǎnxiù chènshān.
In the summer I wear short-sleeved shirts.
在中国南方，旗袍又称“长衫”。
Zài Zhōngguó nánfāng, qípáo yòuchēng "chángshān ".
In Southern China, the qipao is also known as "changshan".
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