{"id":8441,"date":"2017-03-08T18:45:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T00:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=8441"},"modified":"2017-03-08T18:45:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T00:45:34","slug":"word-of-the-day-108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/03\/08\/word-of-the-day-108\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Cheongsam<\/i>:<\/p>\n

The cheongsam<\/b> (from Cantonese<\/a> Chinese<\/a>: \u9577\u886b<\/span>; Jyutping<\/a>: coeng4saam1<\/span><\/i>;\/\u02c8<\/span>t\u0283<\/span>i\u02d0<\/span>\u0252<\/span>\u014b<\/span>\u02c8<\/span>s<\/span>\u00e6<\/span>m<\/span>\/<\/a><\/span><\/span>,[1]<\/a><\/sup> \/\u02c8<\/span>t\u0283<\/span>\u0252<\/span>\u014b<\/span>\u02c8<\/span>s<\/span>\u00e6<\/span>m<\/span>\/<\/a><\/span><\/span> or \/\u02c8<\/span>t\u0283<\/span>\u0252<\/span>\u014b<\/span>\u02c8<\/span>s<\/span>\u0251\u02d0<\/span>m<\/span>\/<\/a><\/span><\/span>) is a body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress<\/a> for women, also known as qipao<\/b> (from Mandarin Chinese<\/a>: \u65d7\u888d<\/a><\/span>; pinyin<\/a>: q\u00edp\u00e1o<\/span><\/i>; Wade\u2013Giles<\/a>: ch’i-p’ao<\/span><\/i>; IPA:\u00a0<\/small>[t\u0361\u0255\u02b0\u01d0 p\u02b0\u0251\u030c\u028a\u032f]<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(\"\"<\/a> listen<\/a>)<\/small>), and Mandarin gown<\/b>. The stylish and often tight-fitting cheongsam or qipao (chipao) that is best known today was created in the 1920s in Shanghai<\/a> and made fashionable by socialites and upper class women. [Wikipedia<\/b><\/i><\/a>]<\/p>\n

Noted in the comic 9 Chickweed Lane.<\/b><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cheongsam: The cheongsam (from Cantonese Chinese: \u9577\u886b; Jyutping: coeng4saam1;\/\u02c8t\u0283i\u02d0\u0252\u014b\u02c8s\u00e6m\/,[1] \/\u02c8t\u0283\u0252\u014b\u02c8s\u00e6m\/ or \/\u02c8t\u0283\u0252\u014b\u02c8s\u0251\u02d0m\/) is a body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress for women, also known as qipao (from Mandarin Chinese: \u65d7\u888d; pinyin: q\u00edp\u00e1o; Wade\u2013Giles: ch’i-p’ao; IPA:\u00a0[t\u0361\u0255\u02b0\u01d0 p\u02b0\u0251\u030c\u028a\u032f]\u00a0( listen)), and Mandarin gown. The stylish and often tight-fitting cheongsam or qipao (chipao) that is best \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8441"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8455,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8441\/revisions\/8455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}