wà zi
socks
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我需要一双袜子。
wǒ xūyào yī shuāng wàzi.
I need a pair of socks.
我的袜子破了。
wǒ de wàzi pò le.
My socks are broken.
我每天都换袜子。
wǒ měitiān dōu huàn wàzi.
I change my socks every day.
脚套 (jiǎotào)
socks
足衣 (zúyī)
socks
鞋子 (xiézi)
shoes
赤脚 (chìjiǎo)
barefoot
The Chinese word for socks, 袜子 (wàizi), is composed of two characters: 袜 (wà) and 子 (zi). The character 袜 originally meant "footwear" or "shoe" and was used as early as the Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE). It is composed of the radical 足 (zú), which means "foot," and the phonetic component 袜 (wà), which is thought to be related to the sound of putting on or taking off shoes. The character 子 (zi) is a common suffix used to form nouns and can be translated as "thing" or "item." Therefore, the word 袜子 (wàizi) literally means "footwear item" or "sock."
