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旗袍

qí páo

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

旗袍 (qí páo) means "Chinese-style dress; cheongsam". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 旗袍 means

1. cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress for women, originally a long robe worn by Manchu women, later modernized in 20th-century Shanghai into a close-fitting dress with a high collar and side slits

The characters in 旗袍

• 旗qíflag; variant of 旗
• 袍páogown (lined)

Example sentences

• 她穿了一件红旗袍。
  She wore a red cheongsam.
• 最初的旗袍是宽松的。
  Zuì chū de qípáo shì kuānsōng de.
  The original qipao was wide and loose.
• 在中国南方，旗袍又称“长衫”。
  Zài Zhōngguó nánfāng, qípáo yòuchēng "chángshān ".
  In Southern China, the qipao is also known as "changshan".
• “旗袍”这个词语在中国北方广为使用。
  "qípáo " zhège cíyǔ zài Zhōngguó běifāng guǎng wèi shǐyòng.
  The term "qipao" is widely used in Northern China.
• 现代版旗袍因能突显女人的身材而闻名。
  Xiàndài bǎn qípáo yīn néng tūxiǎn nǚrén de shēncái ér wénmíng.
  The modernized version of the qipao is noted for accentuating the female figure.
• 旗袍是一种17世纪起源于中国的传统式样的女性服装。
  Qípáo shì yīzhǒng 17 shìjì qǐyuán yú Zhōngguó de chuántǒng shìyàng de nǚxìng fúzhuāng.
  The qipao is a classic female garment that originated in 17th century China.

Where 旗袍 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qǐ–qí (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qí páo correctly.
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