HSK 6 · Clothing

旗袍 qípáo “qipao” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 旗袍 means

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

How to say 旗袍

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale旗qí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale袍páo2nd tone, rising

旗袍 in a sentence

  1. 她穿了一件红旗袍。

    Tā chuān le yí jiàn hóng qípáo.

    She wore a red cheongsam.

    Sentence #402896 from Tatoeba

  2. 最初的旗袍是宽松的。

    Zuìchū de qípáo shì kuānsōng de.

    The original qipao was loose-fitting.

    Sentence #727992 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 在中国南方，旗袍又称“长衫”。

    Zài Zhōngguó nánfāng, qípáo yòuchēng "chángshān".

    In southern China, the qipao is also called “changshan”.

    Sentence #727971 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 旗袍 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 旗 (qí) drawn as one shape
旗qíflag

旗 is a single shape of 14 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 袍 (páo) with each of its parts in a different colour
袍páogown
  • 衤clothes form of 衣 · yī
  • 包wrap · bāo

How to write 旗袍

旗 14 strokes · 袍 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

旗袍 (qípáo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 旗袍 (qípáo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 旗袍

Words with 旗

旗帜qízhì · flag

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FAQs

旗袍 (qípáo) means “qipao” or “cheongsam”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qípáo: qí with a 2nd tone, then páo with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 旗袍 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qipao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 旗袍 from the suggestions. Typing qipao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
旗袍 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.