🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

长袍

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chángpáo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Robe/roʊb/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他穿上一件舒适的长袍。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A long, loose outer garment, sometimes worn as a sign of rank, office, or profession.

    "The judges entered the courtroom wearing their traditional black robes."
  2. 2

    A loose, comfortable garment worn informally indoors, especially before getting dressed or after bathing.

    "He wrapped himself in a warm terrycloth robe after taking a shower."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French 'robe' (meaning booty, plunder, or spoil), originating from Germanic roots related to plunder or clothes taken as booty (such as Frankish *rauba, meaning spoils or clothing). The term shifted in meaning from stolen goods to the precious garments fashioned from them, eventually entering Middle English in the 14th century to denote a long, loose outer garment.

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