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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): keng-i

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gēngyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄥㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gengyi
  - Wade–Giles: kêng¹-i¹
  - Yale: gēng-yī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gengi
  - Palladius: гэнъи (gɛnʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gang¹ ji¹
  - Yale: gāng yī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gang¹ ji¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: geng¹ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-i
  - Tâi-lô: king-i
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keng'y
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: kaeng 'j+j

Rime
Character	更	衣
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	古行切	於希切
Baxter	kaeng	'j+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠæŋ/	/ʔɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚaŋ/	/ʔɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/kaŋ/	/ʔiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨjŋ/	/ʔɨj/
Li Rong	/kɐŋ/	/ʔiəi/
Wang Li	/kɐŋ/	/ĭəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɐŋ/	/ʔe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gēng	yī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gang¹	ji¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤraŋ ʔ(r)əj/

(Zhengzhang): /*kraːŋ qɯl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	更	衣
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gēng	yī
Middle Chinese	‹ kæng ›	‹ ʔjɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁraŋ/	/*ʔ(r)əj/
English	change (v.)	clothes
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	更	衣
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	866	14837
Phonetic component	丙	衣
Rime group	陽	微
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	庚	依
Old Chinese	/*kraːŋ/	/*qɯl/

Verb

更⫽衣 (verb-object)

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

Synonyms

(to change clothes):

Dialectal synonyms of 更衣 (“to change clothes”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		更衣
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		更衣, 換衣服
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	換衣服
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	換衣服
Cantonese	Hong Kong	換衫
Cantonese	Singapore (Guangfu)	換衫
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	換衫
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	換衫
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	換衫
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	換衫
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	換衫
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	換衫
Southern Min	Tainan	換衫
	Penang (Hokkien)	換衫
	Singapore (Hokkien)	換衫
	Manila (Hokkien)	換衫
	Singapore (Teochew)	換衫
	Singapore (Hainanese)	換衫

(to go to the toilet):

Dialectal synonyms of 拉屎 (“to defecate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		更衣 euphemistic
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		大便, 大解, 排便, 出大恭 euphemistic, 撇條 euphemistic
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	拉屎, 解大手兒, 拉㞎㞎
	Taiwan	拉屎, 大便, 便便, 上二號, 上大號
	Ulanhot	拉屎, 拉㞎㞎
	Tongliao	拉屎, 拉㞎㞎
	Chifeng	大便
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	拉屎
	Harbin	拉屎, 大便, 解大手兒
	Malaysia	拉屎, 大便 childish
	Singapore	拉屎, 大便
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	解大手兒, 拉㞎㞎
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	拉屎, 解大手, 大便
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	拉屎
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	屙屎, 解大手兒, 大便
	Wanrong	㞎屎
	Zhengzhou	屙屎
	Xi'an	㞎屎
	Xining	大便, 解大手
	Xuzhou	屙屎, 解大手, 出大恭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	㞎屎
	Bayanhot	㞎屎, 㞎手, 㞎解
	Lanzhou	㞎屎
	Ürümqi	㞎屎, 大便, 解大手, 拉㞎㞎 childish
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	屙屎, 解大手
	Wuhan	屙㞎㞎, 解大手, 丟堆子 dated, slang
	Guiyang	屙屎, 解大手, 解大便, 屙㞎㞎 childish
	Kunming	解大手
	Guilin	屙㞎
	Liuzhou	屙屎, 屙癟, 解大手, 解大便, 大便
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	屙屎, 大解 dated, euphemistic
	Yangzhou	屙屎, 出恭, 屙㞎㞎 childish
	Nantong	屙屎, 屙㞎, 大解, 解大手 euphemistic
	Hefei	屙屎
	Huanggang	解大手
Cantonese	Guangzhou	屙屎, 屙茄, 大便, 屙扽 dated, 屙唔 childish, 屙唔唔 childish
	Hong Kong	屙屎, 屙茄, 大便, 屙大, 屙唔 childish, 屙唔唔 childish, 屙臭臭 childish, 勃勃 childish, 屙勃勃 childish, 屙坺坺 childish, 屙poo poo childish, 開大 slang, 爆石 slang, 擺堆 slang
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	屙屎
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	屙屎
	Macau	屙屎, 大便
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	屙屎
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	屙屎
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	屙屎
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	屙屎
	Foshan	屙屎
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	屙屎
	Foshan (Shunde)	屙屎
	Foshan (Sanshui)	屙屎
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	屙屎
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	屙屎
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	屙屎
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	屙屎
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	屙屎, 出恭, 屙茄
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	屙屎
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	屙屎
	Taishan	屙屎
	Kaiping (Chikan)	屙屎
	Enping (Niujiang)	屙屎
	Heshan (Yayao)	屙屎
	Dongguan	屙屎
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	屙屎
	Shaoguan	屙屎
	Yunfu	屙屎
	Yangjiang	屙屎
	Xinyi	屙屎
	Zhanjiang	擺堆
	Lianjiang	屙屎
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	屙屎, 炸東京 slang
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	屙屎, 爆石, 開大, 交電費
	Singapore (Guangfu)	屙屎
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	屙屎
Gan	Nanchang	屙屎, 解大手
	Lichuan	屙屎
	Pingxiang	屙屎, 解大手
Hakka	Meixian	屙屎
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	屙屎, 屙茄, 屙不 childish
	Changting	屙屎
	Yudu	屙屎
	Ruijin	屙屎
	Shicheng	屙屎
	Shangyou (Shexi)	屙屎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	屙屎
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	屙屎
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	屙屎, 行通
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	屙屎, 行通
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	屙屎
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屙屎
	Hong Kong	屙屎
	Sabah (Longchuan)	屙屎
	Senai (Huiyang)	屙屎
	Kuching (Hepo)	屙屎
	Singkawang	屙屎
Huizhou	Jixi	屙屎
	Shexian	擦屎
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	拉屎
	Xiuning	拉屎, 拉五, 上屎缸
	Yixian	拉屎
	Qimen	屙屎
	Wuyuan	放屎, 出恭
	Fuliang	屙屎, 放屎
	Dexing	屙屎
	Shitai (Xianyu)	屙屎
Jin	Taiyuan	屙屎
	Taibus (Baochang)	屙屎
	Linhe	屙屎
	Jining	大便
	Hohhot	屙屎
	Baotou	大便
	Dongsheng	拉屎
	Haibowan	拉屎
Northern Min	Pucheng (Shibei)	拉屎
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拉屎, 大解, 出恭 euphemistic
	Fuqing	拉屎
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	拉屎
Southern Min	Xiamen	放屎, 出恭 euphemistic
	Quanzhou	放屎, 出恭 euphemistic
	Jinjiang	放屎
	Shishi	放屎
	Zhangzhou	放屎, 出恭 euphemistic, 應屎 childish
	Taipei (Wanhua)	放屎
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	放屎
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	放屎
	Kaohsiung	放屎
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	放屎
	Yilan	放屎
	Yilan (Toucheng)	放屎
	Changhua (Lukang)	放屎
	Taichung	放屎
	Taichung (Wuqi)	放屎
	Tainan	放屎
	Taitung	放屎
	Hsinchu	放屎
	Penghu (Magong)	放屎
	Penghu (Xiyu)	放屎
	Penang (Hokkien)	放屎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	放屎
	Manila (Hokkien)	放屎, 大便
	Chaozhou	放屎
	Shantou	放屎
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	放屎
	Jieyang	放屎
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	放屎
	Singapore (Teochew)	放屎
	Leizhou	放屎
	Wenchang	放屎
	Haikou	放屎, 出恭
	Singapore (Hainanese)	放屎
Puxian Min	Putian	拉屎
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	拉屎
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	拉屎
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	拉屎
	Xianyou	拉屎
	Xianyou (Fengting)	拉屎
	Xianyou (Youyang)	拉屎
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	拉屎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	屙屎
Wu	Shanghai	拆惡, 惹惡, 大便, 解大溲, 上馬桶, 辦公 humorous, 跳舞 humorous, 拆惡惡 childish, 惹惡惡 childish, 大溲 dated, 大解 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	射惡
	Suzhou	拆惡, 惹惡, 拆屎, 惹屎
	Wuxi	屙屎
	Danyang	屙屎, 解手, 出恭, 屙恭
	Hangzhou	惹惡
	Ningbo	惹惡, 大便, 大解
	Wenzhou	拉惡
	Jinhua	射惡
Xiang	Changsha	屙屎, 解大手
	Loudi	屙屎, 解大手 euphemistic, 屙㞎㞎 childish
	Shuangfeng	屙屎

Derived terms

更衣室 (gēngyīshì)
更衣間 / 更衣间

Noun

更衣

(Classical) place to change one's clothes

Japanese

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

Noun

更(こう)衣(い) or 更衣(ころもがえ) • (kōi or koromogae)

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