tangzhuang

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noun

A Chinese jacket with a mandarin collar, a modern adaptation of the magua.

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Meanings

nountangzhuang (plural tangzhuangs)

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
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    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

Origin

From Mandarin 唐裝/唐装 (tángzhuāng).

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APA

tangzhuang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tangzhuang

MLA

“tangzhuang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tangzhuang. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tangzhuang,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tangzhuang.

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