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丝绸

sī chóu

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 絲綢

丝绸 (sī chóu) means "silk cloth; silk". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 丝绸 means

1. silk (cloth)

The characters in 丝绸

• 丝sīsilk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips…
• 绸chóu(light) silk

Example sentences

• 丝绸是很珍贵的。
  Sīchóu shì hěn zhēnguì de.
  Silk is very precious.
• 你的丝绸长袍呢？
  Where are your silk gowns?
• 她穿着华丽的丝绸服饰。
  Tā chuān zhe huálì de sīchóu fúshì.
  She was dressed in rich silks.
• 丝绸之路形成的初衷并非是贸易。
  Sīchóuzhī Lù xíngchéng de chūzhōng bìngfēi shì màoyì.
  The original purpose of the Silk Road was not for trade.
• 这个小孩穿着一件丝绸织成的肚兜.
  Zhège xiǎohái chuān zhe yī jiàn sīchóu zhī chéng de dùdōu.
  The child is wearing a belly-slip made of silk.
• 海水蓝蓝的，远远看去像一大片丝绸铺开。
  The sea is deep blue, and from afar it looks like a vast sheet of silk spread out.

Words starting with 丝绸

• 丝绸之路Sī chóu zhī Lùthe Silk Road
• 丝绸古路Sī chóu Gǔ lùthe ancient Silk Road; see also 丝绸之路
• 丝绸织物sī chóu zhī wùsilk fabric

Sounds the same

Read sī chóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 私仇personal grudge

Where 丝绸 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Silk, Threads & Materials (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sī chóu correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.