beijing bikini
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A rolled-up T-shirt that bares the wearer's midriff, a means of cooling down in the sweltering heat of China's urban areas.
Humorous; Slang
Example Sentences
- "A man near Beijing’s Forbidden City this month rolled up his shirt, a way to keep cool known as the Beijing bikini."
- "China is no stranger to this garment as its steamy climate has created an idiosyncratic offshoot, known as Beijing bikini, where older men roll their tops up and expose their midriff in a bid to keep cool."