中山裝

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Contents 1 Mandarin 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 References

[edit] Mandarin

simplified	中山装
traditional	中山裝

[edit] Etymology

中山 (an alias of Sun Yat-sen's) 裝 (suit)

This type of suit was originally worn by Sun Yat-sen, and as such is still named after him in Chinese. In English, it was named after Mao, because it became so closely associated with Mao in the Western imagination.

[edit] Noun

中山裝 (traditional, Pinyin Zhōngshān zhuāng, simplified 中山装)

1. Mao suit

[edit] References

• 中山裝 on the Mandarin Wikipedia.zh.Wikipedia
• Mao suit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Mao suit
• "中山裝 (in Mandarin)." Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-04-20.
• (2007) Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin). Hong Kong: Commercial Press. ISBN 9789620702778.