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袖

xiù

HSK 6 Character

What 袖 means

1. sleeve
2. to tuck inside one's sleeve

Example sentences

• 卷起你的袖子。
  Roll up your sleeves.
• 你穿短袖不冷吗?
  Nǐ chuān duǎnxiù bù lěng ma?
  You're wearing short sleeves... aren't you cold?
• 卷起你右边的袖子。
  Juǎnqǐ nǐ yòubian de xiùzi.
  Roll up your right sleeve.
• 夏天我穿短袖衬衫。
  Xiàtiān wǒ chuān duǎnxiù chènshān.
  In the summer I wear short-sleeved shirts.
• 他们把他奉为领袖。
  They looked up to him as their leader.
• 男人们穿着短袖上衣。
  Nánrén men chuān zhe duǎnxiù shàngyī.
  The men are wearing short sleeve shirts.

Words starting with 袖

• 袖子xiù zisleeve
• 袖口xiù kǒucuff
• 袖珍xiù zhēnpocket-sized; pocket (book etc)
• 袖章xiù zhāngarmband (e.g. as part of uniform or to show status)
• 袖手旁观xiù shǒu páng guānto watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
• 袖套xiù tàosleeve cover; outer sleeve
• 袖扣xiù kòucuff link
• 袖标xiù biāoarmband; sleeve badge
• 袖管xiù guǎnsleeve
• 袖珍人xiù zhēn rénlittle person; midget; dwarf
• 袖珍本xiù zhēn běnpocket book; paperback
• 袖珍辞典xiù zhēn cí diǎnpocket dictionary
• 袖珍音响xiù zhēn yīn xiǎngpocket stereo; walkman
• 袖箭xiù jiànspring-loaded arrow concealed in one's sleeve
• 袖筒xiù tǒngsleeve
• 袖箍xiù gūarmband
• 袖筒儿xiù tǒng rerhua variant of 袖筒

Words containing 袖

• 领袖lǐng xiùleader
• 衣袖yī xiùthe sleeve of a garment
• 短袖duǎn xiùshort sleeves; short-sleeved shirt
• 拂袖而去fú xiù ér qùto storm off in a huff (idiom)
• 水袖shuǐ xiùflowing sleeves (part of theatrical costume)
• 套袖tào xiùsleeve cover
• 断袖duàn xiùhomosexual; see 断袖之癖
• 长袖cháng xiùlong sleeves; long-sleeved shirt
• 两袖清风liǎng xiù qīng fēnglit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands; uncorrupted…
• 意见领袖yì jiàn lǐng xiùopinion leader
• 清风两袖qīng fēng liǎng xiùhonest and upright (idiom)
• 精神领袖jīng shén lǐng xiùspiritual leader (of a nation or church); religious leader
• 长袖善舞cháng xiù shàn wǔlong sleeves help one dance beautifully (idiom); money and power will help you in any…
• 甩袖子shuǎi xiù zito swing one's sleeve (in anger)
• 断袖之癖duàn xiù zhī pǐlit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of…
• 攘袖rǎng xiùto roll up the sleeves
• 捋袖子luō xiù zito push up one's sleeves

Characters that look like 袖

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

• 祸huòdisaster; misfortune; calamity
• 裆dāngcrotch; seat of a pair of trousers
• 柚yòupomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
• 轶yì(bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…
• 衲nàcassock; to line

Sounds the same

Read xiù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 秀(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent…
• 锈to rust
• 嗅to smell; to sniff; to nose
• 绣to embroider; embroidery
• 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