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旗袍

旗袍

Chinese

		banner; flag	gown (lined)
simp. and trad. (旗袍)		旗	袍

旗袍

Noun

旗袍

(Intermediate Mandarin) qipao, cheongsam (a body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress for women)

Synonyms

長衫／长衫 (chángshān)

References

旗袍 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
qipao on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qípáo

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄆㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ pou²
Min Nan (POJ): kî-phâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qípáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄆㄠˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyipaur
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed) (旗袍兒／旗袍儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: qípáor
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄆㄠˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyipaulr
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pʰaʊɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kei⁴ pou²
  - Yale: kèih póu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ pou²
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ pʰou̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-phâu
  - Tâi-lô: kî-phâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiphaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² pʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² pʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² pʰaʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ pʰaʊ²³/