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修

xiū

HSK 4 Character

What 修 means

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

Other readings

修 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Xiūsurname Xiu
• xiūvariant of {修|xiū}

Example sentences

• 修面吗？
  Did you shave?
• 很好修。
  It was easy to fix.
• 它需要修理。
  It needs to be repaired.
• 他修好了网。
  He fixed the net.
• 我在修房子。
  I'm repairing the house.
• 装修还不错。
  The decorating isn't bad.

Words starting with 修

• 修改xiū gǎito amend; to alter; to modify
• 修建xiū jiànto build; to construct
• 修理xiū lǐto repair; to fix; to prune
• 修复xiū fùto restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc)
• 修炼xiū liàn(of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism
• 修养xiū yǎngaccomplishment; training; self-cultivation
• 修行xiū xíngto devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism)…
• 修正xiū zhèngto revise; to amend; to rectify
• 修饰xiū shìto decorate; to adorn; to dress up
• 修订xiū dìngto revise
• 修好xiū hǎoto repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with…
• 修长xiū chángslender; lanky; tall and thin
• 修路xiū lùto repair a road
• 修女xiū nǚnun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
• 修辞xiū círhetoric
• 修车xiū chēto repair a bike (car etc)
• 修补xiū bǔto mend
• 修道院xiū dào yuànmonastery; convent
• 修筑xiū zhùto build
• 修缮xiū shànto renovate; to repair (a building)
• 修剪xiū jiǎnto prune; to trim
• 修道xiū dàoto practice Daoism
• 修正主义xiū zhèng zhǔ yìrevisionism
• 修身xiū shēnto cultivate one's moral character; (fashion) slim-fit; body-hugging

Words containing 修

• 维修wéi xiūmaintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain
• 装修zhuāng xiūto decorate; interior decoration; to fit up
• 进修jìn xiūto undertake advanced studies; to take a refresher course
• 重修chóng xiūto reconstruct; to repair; to revamp
• 选修xuǎn xiū(at a school) to take as an elective; an elective; elective (subject)
• 选修课xuǎn xiū kèoptional course (in school)
• 自修zì xiūto study on one's own; self-study
• 必修课bì xiū kèrequired course; compulsory course
• 保修bǎo xiūto promise to keep sth in good repair; guarantee; warranty
• 整修zhěng xiūto repair; to refurbish; to renovate
• 必修bì xiū(of an academic course) required; compulsory
• 检修jiǎn xiūto overhaul; to examine and fix (a motor); to service (a vehicle)
• 大修dà xiūoverhaul
• 主修zhǔ xiū(education) to major in; major
• 研修yán xiūto do research work; to engage in advanced studies
• 抢修qiǎng xiūto repair in a rush; rush repairs
• 欧阳修Ōu yáng XiūOuyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian
• 年久失修nián jiǔ shī xiūold and in a state of disrepair (idiom); dilapidated
• 翻修fān xiūto rebuild (house or road); to overhaul
• 不修边幅bù xiū biān fúnot care about one's appearance (idiom); slovenly in dress and manner
• 保修期bǎo xiū qīguarantee period; warranty period
• 苏修Sū xiūSoviet revisionism (abbr. for 苏联修正主义
• 下修xià xiūto revise downward
• 失修shī xiūdisrepair

Characters that look like 修

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 择zéto select; to choose; to pick over
• 怪guàiodd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being; to find strange…
• 疹zhěnmeasles; rash
• 侈chǐextravagant; wasteful; exaggerating
• 倭wōdwarf; Japanese (derog.) (old)
• 倏shūsudden; abrupt; Taiwan pr. shù

Sounds the same

Read xiū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 休to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease
• 羞shy; ashamed; shame
• 咻call out; jeer
• 馐delicacies
• 脩dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting…
• 庥protection; shade
• 髹red lacquer; to lacquer
• 鸺used in 鸺鹠
• 茠to weed; to eradicate
• 貅see 貔貅