noun
cheongsam; qipao; Chinese dress
A form-fitting dress of Chinese origin, often with a high collar and side slits. The term is a wasei-eigo borrowing from English 'China dress'.
wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from China dress
彼女はパーティーに赤いチャイナドレスを着てきた。
She came to the party wearing a red cheongsam.
Variant with a middle dot; less common but still seen.
Wasei-eigo from English 'China dress'. The garment is known as cheongsam or qipao in Chinese.