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直裆 (zhí dāng): Straight crotch (in tailoring) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

直裆 consists of 2 characters.

直 • zhí • straight; direct • HSK 2.0 L5

HSK 5

zhí直

straight; direct

裆 • dāng • crotch or seat of pants; pants

dāng裆

crotch or seat of pants; pants

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Pinyinzhí dāng

Meaningstraight crotch (in tailoring)

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More common words that include characters from 直裆.

Words with 直

一直yī zhístraight on; always
直到zhí dàountil
直接zhí jiēdirect
简直jiǎn zhísimply
垂直chuí zhíperpendicular; vertical
直径zhí jìngcalibre
直播zhí bōdirect broadcast; live telecast
理直气壮lǐ zhí qì zhuàngbe bold and straight; be courageous with sufficient reason

Words with 裆

胯裆kuàdāngcrotch (of pants or body)
裆部dāngbùcrotch area
裤裆kù dāngcrotch (of pants)
开裆裤kāidāngkùopen-crotch pants (for babies)

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Example Sentences with 直裆

zhè这

tiáo条

kù裤

zi子

de的

zhí直

dāng裆

tài太

duǎn短

le了

。

The straight crotch of these pants is too short.

cái裁

féng缝

zǐ仔

xì细

cè测

liáng量

le了

zhí直

dāng裆

zuò做

kù裤

zi子

shí时

，

zhí直

dāng裆

de的

chǐ尺

cùn

de

的

cháng长

dù度

。

The tailor carefully measured the length of the straight crotch.

寸

bì必

xū须

zhǔn准

què确

。

When making pants, the straight crotch measurement must be accurate.