著衫

Chinese

		to wear; to put on	clothing; clothes
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–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoek³ saam¹
    • Yale: jeuk sāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoek⁸ saam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêg³ sam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːk̚³ saːm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chok-sâm
    • Hakka Romanization System: zog^ˋ sam^ˊ
    • 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
   • 2022, “某種老朋友 [Stranger]”, 林夕 [Albert Leung] (lyrics), 澤日生 [Christopher Chak] (music)‎^[1]performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]:

     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.]

     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
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 穿衫

Antonyms

• (Cantonese) 除衫, 剝衫／剥衫