袍子

Mandarin · pinyin páo zi

Meanings

  1. Chinese-style gown
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袍
páo · long gown, robe, cloak
子
zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
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2–5 · pao2 zi5

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noun

  1. (Chinese-style) long gown, robe, or cloak (Classifier: 件 m)
  2. (slang) participant of the hanfu movement; hanfu fanatic

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