Chinese symbol for “gown”
袍
páo
gown (lined)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gown is 袍 (páo), defined as: gown (lined).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “gown”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 褂 | guà | (bound form) Chinese-style unlined garment; gown |
| 长袍 (長袍) | cháng páo | chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe); gown |
| 布拉吉 | bù lā jí | woman's dress (loanword from Russian); gown |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 袍.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 长袍 (長袍) | cháng páo | chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe); gown |
| 旗袍 | qí páo | cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress for women, originally a long robe worn by Manchu women, later modernized in 20th-century Shanghai int |
| 同袍 | tóng páo | fellow soldier; comrade |
| 袍子 | páo zi | Chinese-style gown |
| 战袍 (戰袍) | zhàn páo | (old) combat robe; soldier's uniform |
| 浴袍 | yù páo | bathrobe |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gown”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.