cheongsam
English
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Etymology
From Cantonese 長衫/长衫 (coeng4 saam1, “long robe”).
Noun
cheongsam (plural cheongsams)
- A tight-fitting formal woman's dress, usually brightly coloured, patterned and/or embroidered, with a split at the thigh.
- Synonym: qipao
- (Hong Kong) A plain coloured, tight-fitting dress with a short split at the thigh, worn as a school uniform by schoolgirls.
- 2010, Anthony Sattin, Hong Kong & Macau, →ISBN, page 160:
- [C]otton cheongsams are still the uniform at several colleges and secondary schools.
- A long formal dress-like garment or robe worn by Asian men, in English usually rendered as changshan.
Translations
qipao — see qipao