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xiù

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xiù Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiù | xiu4
English translation
variant of xiù
> xiù [xiù]
to embroider
embroidery
to embroider; embroidery; ornament

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About xiù

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

xiù

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

silk

Etymology of xiù

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

纟秀

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

xiù

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and xiù represents the sound. Simplified form of xiù .

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Example sentences using xiù

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zài zhè 枕头 zhěntou shǎng xiù le 野花 yě huā .

I embroidered wild flowers on the pillow.

xiù 活儿 huó r xiù le 起来 qǐlai .

She picked up her embroidery and started stitching.

zhè 衬衣 chèn yī shǎng xiù le 一些 yī xiē diǎo .

The shirt was embroidered with some birds.

xiù de , zhēn zhēn 线 xiàn 线 xiàn 全都 quán dōu 扎到心口 xīn kǒu shǎng ne .”

Not a stitch in that embroidered letter but she has felt it in her heart.

何时 hé shí 这些 zhè xiē 阶级 jiē jí xiù 上去 shàng qù de , 中士?

When did you sew on these chevrons, Sergeant Lipton?

Words with xiù

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xiù to embroider xiù
刺绣 cì xiù to embroider刺繡
绣花 xiù huā to embroider繡花
锦绣 jǐn xiù beautiful錦繡
锦绣前程 jǐn xiù qián chéng bright future錦繡前程
绣花鞋 xiù huā xié embroidered shoes繡花鞋
湘绣 Xiāng xiù Hunan embroidery湘繡
花拳绣腿 huā quán xiù tuǐ highly embellished and ineffectual花拳繡腿
锦心绣口 jǐn xīn xiù kǒu (of writing) elegant and ornate錦心繡口
刺绣品 cì xiù pǐn embroidery刺繡品

xiù Decomposition & Compounds

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xiù Decomposition

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