Shanku (simplified Chinese: 衫裤; traditional Chinese: 衫褲; pinyin: shānkù; lit. 'shirt trousers'), sometimes referred as aoku (simplified Chinese: 袄裤; traditional Chinese: 襖褲; pinyin: ǎokù; lit. 'coat trousers'), ruku (simplified Chinese: 襦裤; traditional Chinese: 襦褲; pinyin: rúkù; lit. 'jacket trousers'), kuxi or kuzhe (袴褶) when used as a military attire, duanda (短打), duanhe (Chinese: 短褐; lit. 'short brown') and shuhe (Chinese: 竖褐; lit. 'vertical brown') when made out of coarse cloth, and also known as samfu in English or samfoo (pronunciation: / (ˈsæmfuː) /) in British English following its Cantonese spelling, 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), a Chinese upper garment which typic