happi coat

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hapē)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
happi coat′  (hapē),USA pronunciation (sometimes caps.)
  1. Clothinga Japanese lounging jacket with wide, loose sleeves and often an overlapping front closure usually tied with a sash.
  • Middle Chinese, equivalent. to Chinese bàn half + bèi wear
  • Japanese, earlier fappi, variant of fan-pi
  • 1875–80


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