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xiù
HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. to embroider; embroidery

Words Containing 绣

湘绣
xiāng xiù

Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[sū xiù], 粵繡|粤绣[yuè xiù] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[shǔ xiù])

花拳绣腿
huā quán xiù tuǐ

flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom)

粤绣
yuè xiù

Guangdong embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[sū xiù], 湘繡|湘绣[xiāng xiù] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[shǔ xiù])

绣球藤
xiù qiú téng

Clematis montana

红胁绣眼鸟
hóng xié xiù yǎn niǎo

(bird species of China) chestnut-flanked white-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus)

绣墩
xiù dūn

see 坐墩[zuò dūn]

绣帷
xiù wéi

tapestry

锦绣
jǐn xiù

beautiful

刺绣品
cì xiù pǐn

embroidery

锦心绣口
jǐn xīn xiù kǒu

(of writing) elegant and ornate

苏绣
sū xiù

Suzhou embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 湘繡|湘绣[xiāng xiù], 粵繡|粤绣[yuè xiù] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[shǔ xiù])

低地绣眼鸟
dī dì xiù yǎn niǎo

(bird species of China) lowland white-eye (Zosterops meyeni)

刺绣
cì xiù

to embroider

绣花鞋
xiù huā xié

embroidered shoes

绣花
xiù huā

to embroider

灰腹绣眼鸟
huī fù xiù yǎn niǎo

(bird species of China) oriental white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)

绣球花
xiù qiú huā

hydrangea

绮绣
qǐ xiù

silk material with grained pattern

十字绣
shí zì xiù

cross-stitch

蜀绣
shǔ xiù

Sichuan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[sū xiù], 湘繡|湘绣[xiāng xiù] and 粵繡|粤绣[yuè xiù])

锦绣前程
jǐn xiù qián chéng

bright future

暗绿绣眼鸟
àn lǜ xiù yǎn niǎo

(bird species of China) Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)

抛绣球
pāo xiù qiú

throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals)