更衣

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gēngyī

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄥㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gang¹ ji¹
Min Nan (POJ): keng-i

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gēngyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄥㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gengi
  - IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gang¹ ji¹
  - Yale: gāng yī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gang¹ ji¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: geng¹ yi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-i
  - Tâi-lô: king-i
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keng'y
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³ i³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/

Verb

更衣

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

Derived terms

更衣室 (gēngyīshì)

更衣間／更衣间

Noun

更衣

place to change one's clothes

Japanese

Kanji in this term
更	衣
こう Grade: S	い Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

更衣 (hiragana こうい, rōmaji kōi, alternative reading ころもがえ, rōmaji koromogae)

(seasonal) changing of one's clothes
(historical) court's attendant in charge of clothes

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