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绣

xiù

HSK 6 Character Traditional 繡

What 绣 means

1. to embroider; embroidery

Other readings

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

• xiùvariant of {绣|xiù}

Example sentences

• 绣球在六月开花。
  Xiù qiú zài Liùyuè kāihuā.
  The hydrangea blooms in June.
• 某些绣球花的颜色取决于土壤的酸碱值：土壤酸性越强，花朵颜色越蓝。
  The colour of some hydrangeas is determined by the pH value of the soil: the more acidic it is, the bluer the flowers are.

Words starting with 绣

• 绣花xiù huāto embroider; to do embroidery
• 绣花鞋xiù huā xiéembroidered shoes
• 绣像xiù xiàngcharacter illustrations in classical Chinese novels
• 绣球花xiù qiú huāhydrangea
• 绣球藤xiù qiú téngClematis montana
• 绣帷xiù wéitapestry
• 绣墩xiù dūnsee 坐墩

Words containing 绣

• 锦绣前程jǐn xiù qián chéngbright future; bright prospects
• 锦绣jǐn xiùbeautiful
• 刺绣cì xiùto embroider; embroidery
• 纹绣wén xiùcosmetic tattooing; semi-permanent makeup; micropigmentation; embroidery
• 苏绣Sū xiùSuzhou embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery…
• 刺绣品cì xiù pǐnembroidery
• 抛绣球pāo xiù qiúthrowing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals)…
• 花拳绣腿huā quán xiù tuǐflowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom); highly embellished and ineffectual…
• 锦心绣口jǐn xīn xiù kǒu(of writing) elegant and ornate
• 低地绣眼鸟dī dì xiù yǎn niǎo(bird species of China) lowland white-eye (Zosterops meyeni)
• 日本绣眼鸟Rì běn xiù yǎn niǎo(bird species of China) warbling white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
• 暗绿绣眼鸟àn lǜ xiù yǎn niǎo(bird species of China) Swinhoe's white-eye (Zosterops simplex)
• 灰腹绣眼鸟huī fù xiù yǎn niǎo(bird species of China) Indian white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)
• 红胁绣眼鸟hóng xié xiù yǎn niǎo(bird species of China) chestnut-flanked white-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus)
• 粤绣Yuè xiùGuangdong embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery…
• 湘绣Xiāng xiùHunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery…
• 蜀绣Shǔ xiùSichuan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery…
• 绮绣qǐ xiùsilk material with grained pattern
• 十字绣shí zì xiùcross-stitch

Characters that look like 绣

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

• 续xùto continue; to replenish
• 绩jìto spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment
• 诱yòu(literary) to induce; to entice
• 骋chěngto hasten; to run; to open up
• 绢juànthin, tough silk fabric
• 堀kūcave; hole

Sounds the same

Read xiù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 秀(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent…
• 袖sleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
• 锈to rust
• 嗅to smell; to sniff; to nose
• 臭sense of smell; smell bad
• 岫cave; mountain peak
• 宿constellation
• 溴bromine (chemistry)
• 琇(jade)
• 珛quickly-deteriorating jade
• 褎sleeve; ample flowing robes
• 峀old variant of 岫