<blockquote>
<p>In Paris, a very slovenly, loose, drawn frock, with most capacious
sleeves, had been introduced called a blouse. Some of our priestesses
of the toilet seemed emulous of copying this deshabille, with some
slight alterations, but we never wish to see it on the symmetrical
form of a British lady. [&quot;Summary of Fashion for 1822,&quot; in Museum of
Foreign Literature and Science, Jan.-June 1823]</p>
</blockquote>
<p>British Ladies, Beware the Blouse upon thy form!</p>
<p>blouse: 女士衬衫<br />
smock: 罩衫<br />
frock: 连衣裙</p>

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2021-01-21T07:27:42.213Z
2021-01-21T07:27:42.213Z
Pedroski
<p>I'm researching names for many different clothes in Chinese, and when I reached the word <strong>blouse</strong>, seems like I've reached a dead end and, consequently, a need of an explanation. Just to make myself crystal clear, I meant women blouse in particular.</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blouse" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This Wikipedia article</a> on blouse still makes me doubt if the translation is right in there.</p>
<p>Two different frequent words I've found in the dictionaries for this word are <strong>女衬衫</strong> and <strong>女短衫</strong>. Both give similar search results picture-wise, so maybe there is a different word meaning blouse and only blouse.</p>
<p>Thanks for any clue or help.</p>

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"女衬衫" is good, no such word as 女短衫.
Shaw
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2021-01-20T22:58:04.263Z
[WIKI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blouse): Today, the word most commonly refers to a girl's or woman's dress shirt. In this case, 一 Hong Kong Chinese call it 女裝恤衫, which translated to Mandarin would be 女衬衫 or 女裝衬衫
Tang Ho
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How to translate "blouse" to Chinese?
# How to translate "blouse" to Chinese?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-01-20)

I'm researching names for many different clothes in Chinese, and when I reached the word **blouse**, seems like I've reached a dead end and, consequently, a need of an explanation. Just to make myself crystal clear, I meant women blouse in particular.

[This Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blouse) on blouse still makes me doubt if the translation is right in there.

Two different frequent words I've found in the dictionaries for this word are **女衬衫** and **女短衫**. Both give similar search results picture-wise, so maybe there is a different word meaning blouse and only blouse.

Thanks for any clue or help.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "女衬衫" is good, no such word as 女短衫.  
> **username_2**: [WIKI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blouse): Today, the word most commonly refers to a girl's or woman's dress shirt. In this case, 一 Hong Kong Chinese call it 女裝恤衫, which translated to Mandarin would be 女衬衫 or 女裝衬衫  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2021-01-21. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

> In Paris, a very slovenly, loose, drawn frock, with most capacious
> sleeves, had been introduced called a blouse. Some of our priestesses
> of the toilet seemed emulous of copying this deshabille, with some
> slight alterations, but we never wish to see it on the symmetrical
> form of a British lady. ["Summary of Fashion for 1822," in Museum of
> Foreign Literature and Science, Jan.-June 1823]

British Ladies, Beware the Blouse upon thy form!

blouse: 女士衬衫  
smock: 罩衫  
frock: 连衣裙


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