更衣室

• Pinyin: gēng yī shì
• Hanzi breakdown: 更 = change; 衣 = clothes; 室 = 宀 + 至 (enclosed room)

Meaning

Changing room; locker room. A room in a sports facility, store, or workplace where people change clothes.

Used for gym locker rooms, sports changing rooms, and retail fitting rooms. In sports contexts often implies shared facilities with lockers.

Examples

1. 运动员赛前在更衣室做最后准备。 Before the match, the athletes make their final preparations in the locker room.
2. 游泳馆的更衣室设有储物柜。 The swimming pool’s locker room has storage lockers.
3. 他在更衣室换好球衣后走上了球场。 After changing into his jersey in the locker room, he walked onto the field.

Usage Guide

Context: sport, retail, fitness, workplace

Tone: neutral

Do Say

• 请在更衣室换好泳衣再进入泳池区域。(Please change into your swimwear in the changing room before entering the pool area.)
• 更衣室内禁止拍照。(Photography is prohibited inside the changing room.)

Don't Say

• 更衣室 for a private bedroom wardrobe — use 衣帽间; 更衣室 is a shared/public facility

Origin & History

更衣 (change clothes) + 室 (room)

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal