sing4 ji1成衣
Jyutpingsing4 ji1
Yalesìhng yī
Definition
Ready-made clothes; mass-produced garments that are not custom-made.
neutralclothingshopping
How it's used
Refers specifically to mass-produced garments sold in standard sizes, contrasting directly with custom-tailored items. While widely understood in industry and retail contexts, it is less common in casual conversation where people simply use 衫 or 買衫 to describe the act of shopping for clothes.
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gin2件gínExamples
This shop specializes in selling ready-made export clothing.
Are you buying ready-made clothes or getting them tailored?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 衫褲, which is a general term for clothing. Using 成衣 in a casual conversation about shopping for a new outfit can sound overly formal or technical, as if you are discussing the garment industry rather than personal fashion.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
