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Cheongsam (UK: / tʃ (i) ɒ ŋ ˈ s æ m /, US: / tʃ ɔː ŋ ˈ s ɑː m /) or zansae, also known as the qipao (/ ˈ tʃ iː p aʊ /) and sometimes referred to as the mandarin gown, is a Chinese dress worn by women which takes inspiration from the qizhuang, the ethnic clothing of the Manchu people.
Paofu (Chinese: 袍服; pinyin: páofú; lit. 'robe'), also known as pao (Chinese: 袍; pinyin: páo; lit. 'robe') [1] [2]: 90 for short, is a form of a long, one-piece robe in Hanfu, which is characterized by the natural integration of the upper and lower part of the robe which is cut from a single fabric. [3]
The term changshan is composed of two Chinese characters: chang 《 長 》which can literally be translated as "long" in length and shan 《 衫 》, which literally means "shirt". The term changpao is also composed of the Chinese character chang and the Chinese pao 《 袍 》, which is literally means "robe".
Chang-ao (simplified Chinese: 长袄; traditional Chinese: 長襖), lit. translated as "long jacket" or "long ao", [1] [2] is a historical long-length, Chinese upper garment called ao (袄), which was worn by women. It is also known as da ao (大袄) [2] and chang ru (长襦; long ru jacket) which appears to be the precursor of the ao. [3]
Dragon robes, also known as gunlongpao (simplified Chinese: 袞龙袍; traditional Chinese: 袞龍袍; pinyin: gǔn lóng páo; hangul: 곤룡포) or longpao for short, is a form of everyday clothing which had a Chinese dragon, called long (龍), [2] as the main decoration; it was worn by the emperors of China.
A yuanlingshan (Chinese: 圓領衫; pinyin: yuánlǐngshān; lit. 'round collar jacket') is a type of round-collared upper garment in the traditional Chinese style of clothing known as Hanfu; it is also referred to as a yuanlingpao (圓領袍; yuánlǐngpáo; 'round collar gown/robe') or a panlingpao (盤領袍; pánlǐngpáo) when used as a robe (called paofu [1]: 17 ).
The mang robe is a garment with an image close to a dragon, similar to the dragon robe of the top authority (the emperor), except for the deduction of one claw. After the Ming dynasty, it was expressed that a long (lit. ' Chinese dragon ') would be demoted to a mang (lit. ' python ') if it lost one of its claw. [2]
Daopao (Chinese: 道袍; pinyin: dàopáo; lit. 'Taoist robe'), also known as xuezi (Chinese: 褶子) when used as a Xifu during Chinese opera performances, [1] [2]: 181 and deluo (Chinese: 得罗) when it is blue in colour, [3] is a traditional form of paofu in Hanfu and is also one of the most distinctive form of traditional clothing for the Han Chinese. [4]