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xiū
HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

  1. 1. to decorate
  2. 2. to embellish
  3. 3. to repair
  4. 4. to build
  5. 5. to write
  6. 6. to cultivate
  7. 7. to study
  8. 8. to take (a class)

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 4881736)

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Words Containing 修

隐修士
yǐn xiū shì

monk (Christian)

修炼
xiū liàn

(of Taoists) to practice austerities

新修
xīn xiū

revise

修法
xiū fǎ

to amend a law

自修
zì xiū

to study on one's own

检修
jiǎn xiū

to overhaul

修面
xiū miàn

to have a shave

净心修身
jìng xīn xiū shēn

to have an untroubled heart and behave morally (idiom)

修罗
xiū luó

Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology

欧阳修
ōu yáng xiū

Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian

翻修
fān xiū

to rebuild (house or road)

修武县
xiū wǔ xiàn

Xiuwu county in Jiaozuo 焦作[jiāo zuò], Henan

双主修
shuāng zhǔ xiū

(education) double major

下修
xià xiū

to revise downward

修补匠
xiū bǔ jiàng

tinker

修宪
xiū xiàn

to amend the constitution

保修期
bǎo xiū qī

guarantee period

奥迪修斯
ào dí xiū sī

Odysseus, hero of Homer's Odyssey

修昔底德陷阱
xiū xī dǐ dé xiàn jǐng

Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)

修道
xiū dào

to practice Daoism

修女
xiū nǚ

nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)

装修
zhuāng xiū

to decorate

纂修
zuǎn xiū

to compile and revise

修武
xiū wǔ

Xiuwu county in Jiaozuo 焦作[jiāo zuò], Henan

修剪
xiū jiǎn

to prune

修阻
xiū zǔ

(literary) long and arduous (road)

必修课
bì xiū kè

required course

维修
wéi xiū

maintenance (of equipment)

托钵修会
tuō bō xiū huì

mendicant religious order in Catholicism

重修旧好
chóng xiū jiù hǎo

to make friends again

修正液
xiū zhèng yè

correction fluid

修规
xiū guī

construction plan

修水
xiū shuǐ

Xiushui county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi

研修员
yán xiū yuán

research worker

修院
xiū yuàn

seminary (Christian college)

修改
xiū gǎi

to amend

修身
xiū shēn

to cultivate one's moral character

修水利
xiū shuǐ lì

water conservancy

年久失修
nián jiǔ shī xiū

dilapidated

修齐
xiū qí

to make level; to make even; to trim

研修
yán xiū

to do research work

不修边幅
bù xiū biān fú

not care about one's appearance (idiom)

修音
xiū yīn

voicing (adjustment of timbre, loudness etc of organ or other musical instrument)

修脚
xiū jiǎo

pedicure

禅修
chán xiū

to practice Zen (esp. meditation)

新修本草
xīn xiū běn cǎo

Tang dynasty compendium of herbal medicine

修订本
xiū dìng běn

revised edition (of a book)

修道士
xiū dào shì

friar; frater

修睦
xiū mù

to cultivate friendship with neighbors

修饰话
xiū shì huà

modifier (grammar)

不加修饰
bù jiā xiū shì

undecorated

修造
xiū zào

to build

修补
xiū bǔ

to mend

永修
yǒng xiū

Yongxiu county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi

修复
xiū fù

to restore; to renovate

李修贤
lǐ xiū xián

Danny Lee Sau-Yin (1953-), Hong Kong actor and director

郇山隐修会
xún shān yǐn xiū huì

Priory of Zion (fictional masonic order)

修撰
xiū zhuàn

to compile

隐修
yǐn xiū

monasticism

修正主义
xiū zhèng zhǔ yì

revisionism

修辞学
xiū cí xué

rhetoric

修整
xiū zhěng

to spruce up

修士
xiū shì

member of religious order

修道院
xiū dào yuàn

monastery

大修道院
dà xiū dào yuàn

abbey

修订历史
xiū dìng lì shǐ

revision history (of a document, web page etc)

重新装修
chóng xīn zhuāng xiū

refurbishment; renovation

汽修
qì xiū

auto repair

修辞格
xiū cí gé

figure of speech

复修
fù xiū

to restore (an ancient temple)

隐修院
yǐn xiū yuàn

monastery (Christian)

修养
xiū yǎng

accomplishment

修道会
xiū dào huì

order (of monks)

修指甲
xiū zhǐ jia

manicure

修饰语
xiū shì yǔ

(grammar) modifier

修习
xiū xí

to study

修文县
xiū wén xiàn

Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[guì yáng], Guizhou

大修道院长
dà xiū dào yuàn zhǎng

abbot

修水县
xiū shuǐ xiàn

Xiushui county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi

保修
bǎo xiū

to promise to keep sth in good repair

修长
xiū cháng

slender

普罗米修斯
pǔ luó mǐ xiū sī

Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology

静修
jìng xiū

contemplation

修正
xiū zhèng

to revise

修辞
xiū cí

rhetoric

修成正果
xiū chéng zhèng guǒ

to achieve Buddhahood through one's efforts and insight

修炼成仙
xiū liàn chéng xiān

lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal

修业
xiū yè

to study at school

修手
xiū shǒu

manicure

修车
xiū chē

to repair a bike (car etc)

内外兼修
nèi wài jiān xiū

(of a person) beautiful inside and out

修理厂
xiū lǐ chǎng

repair shop

修昔底德
xiū xī dǐ dé

Thucydides (c. 455 - c. 400 BC), Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War

女修道院
nǚ xiū dào yuàn

convent

选修课
xuǎn xiū kè

optional course (in school)

重修
chóng xiū

to reconstruct

永修县
yǒng xiū xiàn

Yongxiu county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi

修心养性
xiū xīn yǎng xìng

to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation

蹇修
jiǎn xiū

go-between

修正案
xiū zhèng àn

amendment

阿修罗
ā xiū luó

Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology

修行人
xiū xíng rén

person pursuing religious practice (Buddhism)

修脚师
xiū jiǎo shī

pedicurist

选修
xuǎn xiū

(at a school) to take as an elective

修建
xiū jiàn

to build

修缮
xiū shàn

to renovate

修理
xiū lǐ

to repair

修造厂
xiū zào chǎng

repair workshop (for machinery, vehicles etc)

修行
xiū xíng

to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism)

修改稿
xiū gǎi gǎo

revised draft

进修
jìn xiū

to undertake advanced studies

后置修饰语
hòu zhì xiū shì yǔ

postmodifier (grammar)

辅修
fǔ xiū

to minor in

修筑
xiū zhù

to build

修鞋匠
xiū xié jiàng

a cobbler

明修栈道,暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù chén cāng

lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[wèi hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[xiàng yǔ] of Chu)

主修
zhǔ xiū

(education) to major in

变修
biàn xiū

to become revisionist

修会
xiū huì

religious order

修编
xiū biān

to revise

修葺
xiū qì

to repair

培修
péi xiū

to repair earthworks

失修
shī xiū

disrepair

修好
xiū hǎo

to repair (sth broken)

基因修改
jī yīn xiū gǎi

genetic modification

师父领进门,修行在个人
shī fu lǐng jìn mén , xiū xíng zài gè rén

the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you

修饰
xiū shì

to decorate

修订版
xiū dìng bǎn

revised edition

编修
biān xiū

to compile and edit

前置修饰语
qián zhì xiū shì yǔ

premodifier (grammar)

整修
zhěng xiū

to repair

修图
xiū tú

to retouch images

大修
dà xiū

overhaul

抢修
qiǎng xiū

to repair in a rush

修订
xiū dìng

to revise

奥德修斯
ào dé xiū sī

Odysseus

克劳修斯
kè láo xiū sī

Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888), German physicist and mathematician

修练
xiū liàn

to practice (an activity)

斗私批修
dòu sī pī xiū

fight self-interest and repudiate revisionism (Cultural Revolution slogan)

修文
xiū wén

Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[guì yáng], Guizhou

岁修
suì xiū

start of the year

必修
bì xiū

(of an academic course) required

男修道院长
nán xiū dào yuàn zhǎng

abbot

修路
xiū lù

to repair a road