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発音

• IPA: /ˈchoŋ-ˌsäm/

名詞

cheongsam (plural cheongsams or cheongsam)

1. 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.

2. (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.

3. A long formal dress-like garment or robe worn by Asian men.

   Synonym: changshan

Further reading

• cheongsam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• manchegos, Manchegos