旗袍

Chinese

banner (people); Manchu gown (lined)
simp. and trad.
(旗袍)
旗 袍
旗袍

Pronunciation


Noun

旗袍

  1. qipao; cheongsam (body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress for women)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → English: qipao, chipao, kipao
  • → French: qipao
  • → Japanese: 旗袍 (chīpao)
  • → Korean: 치파오 (chipao)
  • → Russian: ципа́о (cipáo)
  • → Thai: กี่เพ้า (gìi-páo)
  • → Uyghur: چىپاۋ‎ (chipaw‎)
  • → Zhuang: gizbauz

Japanese

Kanji in this term
旗 袍
Grade: 4 Hyōgaiji
irregular

Etymology

From Mandarin 旗袍 (qípáo).[1][2]

Noun

旗袍(チーパオ) • (chīpao) 

  1. a qipao (Chinese one-piece dress for women)
    Synonym: チャイナドレス (Chaina doresu)

See also

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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