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tangzhuang

tangzhuang noun: a Chinese jacket with a mandarin collar, a modern adaptation of the magua.

tangzhuang: a Chinese jacket with a mandarin collar, a modern adaptation of the magua
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Noun

tangzhuang (plural tangzhuangs)

  1. A Chinese jacket with a mandarin collar, a modern adaptation of the magua.
    • Tangyun Specializes in high-end, tailor-made qipaos and tangzhuangs (traditional men's robes), along with some stunning East-meets-West styles. A quick and painless fitting appointment […]2008, Kaiser Kuo, The Insider's Guide to Beijing 2005-2006, True Run Media, →ISBN
    • As Stephen Wong points out in his Asia Times Online essay: “Discussion about hanfu [i.e., Chinese-style dress] started in 2001 after China hosted the APEC summit in Shanghai, where each participant was presented with a tangzhuang, […]2010, Xiaoping Lin, Children of Marx and Coca-Cola: Chinese Avant-Garde Art and Independent Cinema, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 264

Forms of tangzhuang

pluraltangzhuangs

Origin of tangzhuang

From Mandarin 唐裝／唐装 (tángzhuāng).

Questions about tangzhuang

What does tangzhuang mean?
Tangzhuang means a Chinese jacket with a mandarin collar, a modern adaptation of the magua.
What part of speech is tangzhuang?
Tangzhuang is a noun.
What is the plural of tangzhuang?
The plural of tangzhuang is tangzhuangs.

Words near tangzhuang in the dictionary

  1. tangy
  2. Tangye
  3. Tangyin
  4. tangyuan
  5. tangzhong
  6. tangzhuang
  7. tangzhuangs
  8. tanha
  9. tanhouse
  10. tanhouses
  11. Tani

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