著衫

著衫

Chinese

		particle indicating the successful result of a verb; to touch; to come in contact with particle indicating the successful result of a verb; to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to fall asleep; to burn; particle attached after verb to indicate action in progress, like ‑ing ending; to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding; to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply; catch; receive; suffer	Chinese gown (unlined)
trad. (著衫/着衫)		著/着	衫
simp. (着衫)		着	衫

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoek³ saam¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chok-sâm

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zog⁵ sam¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoek³ saam¹
    • Yale: jeuk sāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoek⁸ saam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêg³ sam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœːk̚³ saːm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chok-sâm
    • Hakka Romanization System: zog` sam´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zog⁵ sam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sok̚² sam²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zog⁵ sam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔk̚¹ sam⁴⁴/

Verb

著⫽衫 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) to put on clothes

   • 我在著衫聽到你囉嗦再嘲弄我 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     我在著衫听到你啰嗦再嘲弄我 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2022, 林家謙 [Terence Lam], lyrics by 林夕 [Albert Leung], 《某種老朋友》 [Regression]

     ngo⁵ zoi⁶ zoek³ saam¹ teng¹ dou^3-2 nei⁵ lo¹ so¹ zoi³ zaau¹ nung⁶ ngo⁵ [Jyutping]

     While I was putting my clothes on, you talked on and on and ridiculed me

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 穿衣服
• (Min Nan) 穿衫

Antonyms

• (Cantonese) 除衫, 剝衫／剥衫