中山装

中山裝

zhōngshānzhuāng

noun

Measure Word

一件中山装 jiàn

Meanings

1 Zhongshan suit
2 Chinese tunic suit (the 'Mao suit')

Characters

Examples

毛泽东经常穿中山装。

Máo Zédōng jīngcháng chuān zhōngshānzhuāng.

Mao Zedong often wore a Zhongshan suit.

爷爷年轻的时候只有一件中山装。

Yéye niánqīng de shíhou zhǐ yǒu yí jiàn zhōngshānzhuāng.

When Grandpa was young he only had one Zhongshan suit.

Tips

history

Designed under Sun Yat-sen (孙中山, hence 中山) in the 1910s as a modern Chinese alternative to both the Qing changshan and Western three-piece suits. The four pockets were later given a political reading ('propriety, righteousness, honesty, shame' — 礼义廉耻), the five front buttons as the five branches of the Republic of China government.

Stroke Order

中 zhōng

山 shān

装 zhuāng