jiǎn
裥
pleat; fold in garment
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
pleat; decorative fold in clothing
dialectRefers specifically to the knife pleats or decorative folding techniques used in traditional Chinese tailoring, such as in qipao or traditional Hanfu. This term is dialectal and somewhat archaic; in modern standard Mandarin, 褶子 (zhězi) or 褶皱 (zhězhòu) are more commonly used.
Zhè这
jiàn件
qí旗
páo袍
shàng上
dǎ打
le了
hǎo好
jǐ几
gè个
jiǎn襇
。
This qipao has several pleats in it.
Lǎo老
shī师
fu傅
zhèng正
zài在
gěi给
qún裙
zi子
dǎ打
jiǎn襇
。
The master tailor is currently pleating the skirt.
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Zhè这
zhǒng种
gǔ古
lǎo老
de的
dǎ打
jiǎn襇
shǒu手
yì艺
yǐ已
jīng经
hěn很
shǎo少
yǒu有
rén人
huì会
le了
。
Very few people still know this ancient pleating craft nowadays.