Beijing bikini

English

A man in a Beijing bikini.

Noun

Beijing bikini (plural Beijing bikinis)

1. (slang, humorous) 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.
   • 2016 September 1, Andrew Jacobs, “How Some Chinese Men Meet Summer’s Swelter: With Midriff Bare and Bulging”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     A man near Beijing’s Forbidden City this month rolled up his shirt, a way to keep cool known as the Beijing bikini.

   • 2019 July 5, Alan Weedon, “'Beijing bikini' ban leaves sweltering Chinese hot under the collar”, in ABC News‎^[2]:

     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.

   • 2019 July 10, Zhang Zhouxiang, “'Beijing Bikini' not an attractive sight”, in China Daily‎^[3]:

     ONE CITY AFTER ANOTHER has introduced local bans on the so-called Beijing Bikini, which refers to men who roll up their T-shirts to expose their bellies in the street in summer.