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缝

féng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 縫

What 缝 means

1. to sew
2. to stitch

Other readings

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

• fèngseam; crack; narrow slit

Example sentences

• 是用手缝的吗？
  Did you sew this by hand?
• 你有没有缝衣针？
  Do you have a sewing needle?
• 我的裁缝很有钱。
  My tailor is rich.
• 我买了一台新的缝纫机。
  Wǒ mǎi le yī tái xīn de féngrènjī.
  I bought a new sewing machine.
• 我用丝线缝了这条裙子。
  Wǒ yòng sīxiàn féng le zhè tiáo qúnzi.
  I sewed the dress with silk thread.
• 妈妈把她的缝纫机给我了。
  Māma bǎ tā de féngrènjī gěi wǒ le.
  My mother gave me her sewing machine.

Words starting with 缝

• 缝隙fèng xìsmall crack; chink
• 缝纫机féng rèn jīsewing machine
• 缝制féng zhìto sew; to make (clothes, bedding)
• 缝合féng héto sew together; suture (in surgery); to sew up (a wound)
• 缝纫féng rènto sew
• 缝补féng bǔto darn (clothing); to sew and mend
• 缝子fèng zicrack; chink; narrow slit
• 缝穷féng qióngto sew and mend clothes for a pittance
• 缝线féng xiànsewing thread; suture
• 缝针féng zhēnto stitch fabric; (medicine) to sew up a wound or incision
• 缝合带fèng hé dàisuture zone (geology)
• 缝衣针féng yī zhēnsewing needle
• 缝针迹féng zhēn jìseam
• 缝缝连连féng féng lián liánneedlework; sewing and mending
• 缝衣工人féng yī gōng rénneedleworker
• 缝衣匠féng yī jiàngtailor
• 缝缀féng zhuìto patch together; to mend
• 缝絍féng rènto sew; to stitch

Words containing 缝

• 裁缝cái féngto make an item of clothing; to tailor
• 裂缝liè fèngcrack; crevice
• 夹缝jiā fèngcrack; crevice
• 天衣无缝tiān yī wú fènglit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom); fig. flawless
• 牙缝yá fènggap between teeth
• 眯缝mī fengto squint
• 无缝wú fèngseamless
• 见缝插针jiàn fèng chā zhēnlit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and…
• 中缝zhōng fèngvertical space in a newspaper between two attached pages…
• 分缝fēn fèngpart (in one's hair)
• 合缝hé fèng(of doors, windows etc) to fit snugly when closed; to close nicely
• 手缝shǒu féngto sew by hand; hand-sewn
• 折缝zhé féngwelt seam (doubled over and sewed again from topside)
• 接缝jiē fèngseam; join; juncture
• 搭缝dā fèngoverlaid seam
• 牙缝儿yá fèng rgap between teeth
• 裁缝师cái féng shītailor
• 裁缝店cái féng diàntailor's shop
• 严丝合缝yán sī hé fèng(idiom) to fit together snugly; to dovetail perfectly
• 无缝接轨wú fèng jiē guǐ(Taiwan) to transition smoothly with no gap, interruption or adjustment period…
• 无缝连接wú fèng lián jiēseamless connection
• 衣服缝边yī fú fèng biānhem
• 见缝就钻jiàn fèng jiù zuānlit. to squeeze into every crack (idiom); fig. to make the most of every opportunity
• 弥缝mí féngto cover up mistakes or crimes; to stitch up; to fix

Characters built on 逢

These share the phonetic component 逢 (féng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 蓬péngfleabane (family Asteraceae); disheveled; classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes…
• 篷péngsail

Characters that look like 缝

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

• 睹dǔto observe; to see
• 塘tángdyke; embankment; pool or pond
• 辍chuòto stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend
• 槌chuímallet; pestle; beetle (for wedging or ramming)
• 椿chūnChinese toon (Toona sinensis); tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)…
• 榛zhēn(bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)

Sounds the same

Read féng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 逢to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along
• 夆to butt (as horned animals)
• 摓wide; to sew
• 漨(name of an ancient river)
• 冯surname Feng
• 浲old variant of 漨; (used in place names)
• 綘variant of 缝