English

T-ara wearing red cheongsams performing onstage in Hong Kong

Noun

cheongsam ‎(plural cheongsams)

1. (Hong Kong) A tight-fitting formal woman's dress, usually brightly coloured, patterned and/or embroidered, with a split at the thigh; a qipao.
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 1741792258, page 160:

     [C]otton cheongsams are still the uniform at several colleges and secondary schools.

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

Synonyms

• qipao

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