Cheongsam是英语中表示“旗袍”的名词，国际音标为英[tʃɒŋ'sæm]美['tʃɔŋ.sɑm]，中文对应词为“旗袍”，其复数形式为cheongsams。该词源自广东方言“长衫”的发音，在北方地区则多使用“qipao”一词，源于清朝满族旗人服饰“旗袍”。其基本特征为右斜襟、带装饰性盘扣及腿部开衩设计。

旗袍。

In some schools, girls' uniforms is only skirts, dresses or cheongsams.Although they dislike wearing skirts,dresses or cheongsams( or they don't like them),they have to wear them at school every day.[在某些学校里，学生的校服只是裙子、连衣裙或者是旗袍，虽然她们不喜欢穿裙子、连衣裙或者是旗袍（或者说她们不喜欢它们），但是她们每天不得不穿着它们上学。]

As Western fashions changed, the basic cheongsam design changed too, introducing high-necked sleeveless dresses, bell-like sleeves, and the black lace frothing at the hem.

旗袍的式样也跟随西方时尚而变化，出现了高领无袖、喇叭状袖子和黑色蕾丝泡泡镶边的款式。

I want to buy a Cheongsam for myself. What's the fabric?

我想要给自己买一件旗袍。面料是什么样的呢？

Through these buttons made the cheongsam even more vivid and more perfect with a sense of artistic pleasure.

通过这些盘扣装点而成的旗袍更呈现出栩栩如生、锦上添花的感觉，给人一种艺术的享受。