cheongsam
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Etymology
[edit]From Cantonese 長衫/长衫 (coeng4 saam1, “long robe”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cheongsam (plural cheongsams or cheongsam)
- A tight-fitting Chinese formal woman's dress, usually brightly coloured, patterned and/or embroidered, with a split at the thigh.
- Synonym: qipao
- 2006, Shirley Jennifer Lim, A Feeling of Belonging: Asian American Women's Public Culture, 1930-1960, NYU Press, →ISBN:
- France Nuyen, and later Nancy Kwan, sexualized the cheongsam. Though people remember Kwan's movie portrayal of Suzie Wong, before her Nuyen earned fame and plaudits playing the prostitute with a heart of gold on Broadway.
- 2011, Su Tong, Madwoman on the Bridge, Random House, →ISBN:
- A white velvet cheongsam! Except for people in movies, I've never seen anyone look as good in a cheongsam as she does.
- (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.
- Synonym: changshan
Translations
[edit]qipao — see qipao