Shanku

Shanku
Shanku
	A jiaoling youren shanku worn by a civil official, Western Jin
	Illustration of a woman wearing a pianjin shanku from 1800s
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	衫褲
Simplified Chinese	衫褲
Literal meaning	Shirt and trousers
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shānkù
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	sâm-fu
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	saam1 fu3
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	saⁿ-khò͘
English name
English	Samfoo (British English) / Samfu / Aoku

Shanku (simplified Chinese: 衫裤; traditional Chinese: 衫褲; pinyin: shānkù; lit. 'shirt trousers'; see terminology) is a generic term which refers to a two-piece set of attire in Hanfu, which is typically composed of a youren yi (Chinese: 右衽衣; pinyin: yòurèn yī),^{[note 1]} a Chinese upper garment which typically overlaps and closes on the right side which could be called shan (衫), ru (襦), ao (袄; 襖), and a pair of long trousers ku (裤; 褲).^[1]^[2] As a form of daily attire, the shanku was mainly worn by people from lower social status in China, such as labourers,^[3]^[4]^: 1 shopkeepers, or retainers from wealthy household.^[4]^: xviii The shanku was originally worn by both genders.^[2] Up until the mid-20th century, it was popular in China and outside of China where it was worn by overseas Chinese in countries, such as Singapore,^[1] Malaysia,^[3] Suriname,^[5] etc. It is still worn in present-day China and can be found in rural areas.^[2]^[1]

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^ ^a ^b Koh, Jaime (2009). Culture and customs of Singapore and Malaysia. Lee-Ling Ho. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-313-35115-0. OCLC 318420874.
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[:1-3] Garrett, Valery (2012). Chinese Dress : From the Qing Dynasty to the Present. New York: Tuttle Pub. ISBN 978-1-4629-0694-9. OCLC 794664023.

[:2-4] Koh, Jaime (2009). Culture and customs of Singapore and Malaysia. Lee-Ling Ho. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-313-35115-0. OCLC 318420874.

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[6] Tjon Sie Fat, Paul Brendan (2009). Chinese new migrants in Suriname : the inevitability of ethnic performing. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. pp. 276–277. ISBN 978-90-485-1147-1. OCLC 647870387.

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