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Xiū

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Xiū Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Xiū | Xiu1
English translation
surname Xiu
to decorate
to embellish
to repair
to build
to write
to cultivate
to study
to take (a class)
dried meat
private teacher's remuneration
withered
variant of Xiū [xiū]
to study; to repair; to decorate; to cultivate

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About Xiū

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Xiū

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hair

Etymology of Xiū

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

攸彡

Semantic compound

shān

Phonetic compound

yōu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shān represents the meaning and yōu represents the sound. Simplified form of xiū .

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Example sentences using Xiū

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园丁 yuán dīng 修剪 xiū jiǎn ǎi 树丛 shù cóng .

The gardener clipped the shrubbery.

维修 wéixiū 之后 zhī hòu ,主要 zhǔyào 遗骸 yí hái shèng 馀物 liú zài le 领地 lǐng dì shǎng .

After maintenance the main remains and are left on the domain.

咱们 zámen 来说 diǎn 实际 shíjì de , shuí lái 维修费?

Let's get down to the nitty - gritty . Who's going to pay for the renovations

他们 tā men 自己 zìjǐ de 汽车 qì chē 正在 zhèngzài 修理 xiūlǐ -- zhè liàng shì de .

Their own car is being mended this one is hired.

欣赏 xīnshǎng de 目光 mùguāng kān zhāo 那个 nà ge 修剪 xiū jiǎn ǎi shù de 健壮 jiàn zhuàng de 年轻人 nián qīng rén .

She looked with appreciative eyes at the powerful young man clipping the hedge.

Words with Xiū

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Xiū to decorate Xiū
修改 xiūgǎi to amend修改 xiūgǎi
装修 zhuāngxiū to decorate裝修
维修 wéixiū maintenance (of equipment)維修
修复 xiūfù to restore修復
修理 xiūlǐ to repair修理 xiūlǐ
修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken)修好 xiū hǎo
修女 xiū nǚ nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)修女 xiū nǚ
修建 xiūjiàn to build修建 xiūjiàn
修正 xiū zhèng to revise修正 xiū zhèng
修订 xiū dìng to revise修訂
修身 xiū shēn body-hugging修身 xiū shēn
修补 xiū bǔ to mend修補
修道院 xiū dào yuàn monastery修道院 xiū dào yuàn
修养 xiūyǎng training修養
修炼 xiū liàn to practice asceticism修煉
修正案 xiū zhèng àn amendment修正案 xiū zhèng àn
修正主义 xiū zhèng zhǔ yì revisionism修正主義
修车 xiū chē to repair a bike (car etc)修車
修饰 xiū shì to decorate修飾
修士 xiū shì frater修士 xiū shì
修剪 xiū jiǎn to prune修剪 xiū jiǎn
修行 xiū xíng to practice Buddhism or Daoism修行 xiū xíng
检修 jiǎn xiū to overhaul檢修

Xiū Decomposition & Compounds

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Xiū Decomposition

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Xiū Compounds

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