水着

Chinese

water; river garment
simp. and trad.
(水着) 		水 着
alternative forms 水著

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 水着 (mizugi, “swimsuit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

水着

  1. (Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan) swimsuit, usually female version

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 泳裝 (“swimsuit”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 泳裝, 泳衣, 游泳衣
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 水着
Singapore 游泳裝, 游泳衣 female, 游泳褲 male
Cantonese Hong Kong 泳衣, 泳裝, 游水衫, 游水裝, 水着
Macau 泳衣, 泳裝, 游水衫, 游水裝, 水着
Southern Min Singapore (Hokkien) 泅水衫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水 着
みず
Grade: 1 		き > ぎ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 水 (mizu, “water”) +‎ 着 (ki, “wear, clothes”).[1][2][3] The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited to a text from 1908.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

水(みず)着(ぎ) • (mizugi) 

  1. [from 1908] a swimsuit, a bathing suit, swim trunks
    彼(かの)女(じょ)は可(か)愛(わい)い水(みず)着(ぎ)を着(き)ている。
    Kanojo wa kawaii mizugi o kite iru.
    She's wearing a cute bathing suit.
    あの水(みず)着(ぎ)は、とっても似(に)合(あ)いますよ。
    Ano mizugi wa, tottemo niaimasu yo.
    That swimsuit really suits you!

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • セパレート水(みず)着(ぎ) (separēto mizugi, “two-piece swimsuit”)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “水着”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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