HSK 5 · Objects

丝绸 sīchóu “silk cloth” in Chinese

Traditional 絲綢

What 丝绸 means

  1. silk cloth
  2. silk

How to say 丝绸

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale丝sī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale绸chóu2nd tone, rising

丝绸 in a sentence

  1. 丝绸是很珍贵的。

    Sīchóu shì hěn zhēnguì de.

    Silk is very precious.

    Sentence #2031838 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 海水蓝蓝的，远远看去像一大片丝绸铺开。

    Hǎishuǐ lánlán de, yuǎnyuǎn kàn qù xiàng yí dà piàn sīchóu pūkāi.

    The sea is deep blue, and from afar it looks like a vast sheet of silk spread out.

    Sentence #13533880 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 你的丝绸长袍呢？

    Nǐ de sīchóu chángpáo ne?

    Where’s your silk robe?

    Sentence #13807630 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 丝绸 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 丝 (sī) drawn as one shape
丝sīsilk

丝 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 绸 (chóu) with each of its parts in a different colour
绸chóusilk
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 周Zhou dynasty · zhōuSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 周 (zhōu) hints at the sound. Compare it with chóu.

How to write 丝绸

丝 5 strokes · 绸 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

丝绸 (sīchóu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 丝绸 (sīchóu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 丝绸

Words with 丝

丝毫sīháo · the slightest amount or degree一丝不苟yìsībùgǒu · meticulous

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FAQs

丝绸 (sīchóu) means “silk cloth” or “silk”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it sīchóu: sī with a 1st tone, then chóu with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 丝绸 is written 絲綢. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type sichou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 丝绸 from the suggestions. Typing sichou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
丝绸 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.