Chinese symbol for “nightgown”
睡袍
shuì páo
nightgown
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nightgown is 睡袍 (shuì páo), defined as: nightgown.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “nightgown”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 睡袍.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 睡觉 (睡覺) | shuì jiào | to go to bed; to sleep |
| 睡眠 | shuì mián | sleep; to sleep |
| 睡着 (睡著) | shuì zháo | to fall asleep |
| 入睡 | rù shuì | to fall asleep |
| 睡衣 | shuì yī | night clothes; pajamas |
| 沉睡 | chén shuì | to be fast asleep; (fig.) to lie dormant; to lie undiscovered |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nightgown”.
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.