# 更衣
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gēngyī
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥ ㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gang$^1$ ji$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): keng-i
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gēngyī
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄥ ㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gengyi
*** Wade–Giles: kêng$^1$-i$^1$
*** Yale: gēng-yī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gengi
*** Palladius: гэнъи (gɛnʺi)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gang$^1$ ji$^1$
*** Yale: gāng yī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gang$^1$ ji$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: geng$^1$ yi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /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 | gang$^1$ | ji$^1$ |
* 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):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 更衣 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 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 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 換衫 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 換衫 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 換衫 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 換衫 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 換衫 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 換衫 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 換衫 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 換衫 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 換衫 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 換衫 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 換衫 |
* (to go to the toilet):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 更衣 euphemistic |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 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 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 拉屎, 大便, 便便, 上二號, 上大號 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 拉屎, 拉㞎㞎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 拉屎, 拉㞎㞎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 大便 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 拉屎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 拉屎, 大便, 解大手兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 拉屎, 大便 childish |
| Northeastern Mandarin | 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 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 㞎屎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 屙屎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 㞎屎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 大便, 解大手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 屙屎, 解大手, 出大恭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 㞎屎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 㞎屎, 㞎手, 㞎解 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 㞎屎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 㞎屎, 大便, 解大手, 拉㞎㞎 childish |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 屙屎, 解大手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 屙㞎㞎, 解大手, 丟堆子 dated, slang |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 屙屎, 解大手, 解大便, 屙㞎㞎 childish |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 解大手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 屙㞎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 屙屎, 屙癟, 解大手, 解大便, 大便 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 屙屎, 大解 dated, euphemistic |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 屙屎, 出恭, 屙㞎㞎 childish |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 屙屎, 屙㞎, 大解, 解大手 euphemistic |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 屙屎 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 解大手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 屙屎, 屙茄, 大便, 屙扽 dated, 屙唔 childish, 屙唔唔 childish |
| Cantonese | 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 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 屙屎, 大便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 屙屎, 出恭, 屙茄 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Zhanjiang | 擺堆 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 屙屎, 炸東京 slang |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 屙屎, 爆石, 開大, 交電費 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 屙屎 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 屙屎 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 屙屎, 解大手 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 屙屎 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 屙屎, 解大手 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 屙屎 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 屙屎, 屙茄, 屙不 childish |
| Hakka | Changting | 屙屎 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 屙屎 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 屙屎 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 屙屎 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 屙屎 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 屙屎 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 屙屎 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 屙屎, 行通 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 屙屎, 行通 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 屙屎 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 屙屎 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 屙屎 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 屙屎 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 屙屎 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 屙屎 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 屙屎 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 屙屎 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 擦屎 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 拉屎 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 拉屎, 拉五, 上屎缸 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 拉屎 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 屙屎 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 放屎, 出恭 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 屙屎, 放屎 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 屙屎 |
| Huizhou | Shitai (Xianyu) | 屙屎 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 屙屎 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 屙屎 |
| Jin | Linhe | 屙屎 |
| Jin | Jining | 大便 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 屙屎 |
| Jin | Baotou | 大便 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 拉屎 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 拉屎 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 拉屎 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 拉屎, 大解, 出恭 euphemistic |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 拉屎 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 拉屎 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 放屎, 出恭 euphemistic |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 放屎, 出恭 euphemistic |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 放屎, 出恭 euphemistic, 應屎 childish |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 放屎, 大便 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 放屎 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 放屎, 出恭 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 放屎 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 拉屎 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 拉屎 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 拉屎 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 拉屎 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 拉屎 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 拉屎 |
| Puxian Min | 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 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 射惡 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 拆惡, 惹惡, 拆屎, 惹屎 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 屙屎 |
| Wu | Danyang | 屙屎, 解手, 出恭, 屙恭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 惹惡 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 惹惡, 大便, 大解 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 拉惡 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 射惡 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 屙屎, 解大手 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 屙屎, 解大手 euphemistic, 屙㞎㞎 childish |
| Xiang | 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 ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こーい [kóꜜòì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* (Tokyo) ころもがえ [kòrómógáé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ko̞ːi]
* IPA: [ko̞ɾo̞mo̞ɡa̠e̞]

### 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