旗袍 in English

Character breakdown

• 旗 qí banner
• 袍 páo gown (lined)

Stroke order

How it used to be written

旗

• Warring States script 戰國.晉
• Clerical script 曹魏
• See all 11 forms

袍

• Small seal script
• Clerical script 西漢
• See all 4 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• “旗袍”这个词语在中国北方广为使用。

  The term "qipao" is widely used in Northern China.

• 一件传统式样的旗袍是完全手工制作的，也需要劳动密集的裁缝业技术，为了增加而显示每种独一无二的女性体态。

  A qipao in the traditional style is made entirely by hand and requires labour-intensive manual tailoring techniques to enhance and exhibit every unique female form.

• 人们因为热切地寻求更有现代风格的衣服，所以把以前的旗袍改变成一个适合他们品位的东西。

  People eagerly sought a more modernised style of dress and transformed the old qipao to suit their tastes.

• 到了四十年代，旗袍有了种类繁多的图案和面料，也有了同样种类繁多的饰品。

  By the 1940s, the qipao came in a wide variety of designs and fabrics, with an equally wide variety of accessories.

• 因为有高而闭合的领子、紧身的剪裁和在笔直裙子两边的开口，旗袍有着独一无二传达端庄和性感的能力。

  With a high, closed collar, figure-hugging cut, and large slits at either side of a straight skirt, the qipao is unique in its ability to communicate both modesty and sensuousness.

• 在中国南方，旗袍又称“长衫”。

  In Southern China, the qipao is also known as "changshan".

• 新的旗袍又修长又紧身，也有高级的剪裁，与传统式样的构成了鲜明的对比。

  Slender and form-fitting with a high cut, the new qipao contrasted sharply with the traditional one.

• 旗袍因有与众不同的特点而在国际时尚界享有与日俱增的名望。

  With its distinctive Chinese features, the qipao enjoys growing popularity in the international world of high fashion.

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