Banbi
Short sleeved clothing / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Banbi (Chinese: 半臂; lit. 'half-arm'),[1] also known as banxiu (Chinese: 半袖; lit. 'half-sleeves')[2] and sometimes referred as beizi (Chinese: 褙子) or half-beizi (i.e. short-sleeved beizi) before the term beizi eventually came to refer to a long-sleeved beizi in the Song dynasty,[3] and referred as dahu in the Yuan dynasty,[2] is an upper garment item in Hanfu. The banbi is in the form of a waistcoat or outerwear with short sleeves, which could either be worn over or under a long-sleeved ruqun.[1] The style of its collar varies; it can also be secured at the front either with ties or a metal button.[4]
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Chinese | 半臂 | ||||||
Literal meaning | half-arm | ||||||
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Chinese | 半袖 | ||||||
Literal meaning | half-sleeve | ||||||
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Hangul | 반비 | ||||||
Hanja | 半臂 | ||||||
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Kanji | 半臂 | ||||||
Hiragana | はんぴ | ||||||
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This article is about the traditional short-sleeved upper garment. For the beizi with long sleeves, see Beizi.