HSK 6 · Media

绣 xiù “to embroider” in Chinese

Traditional 繡

What 绣 means

  1. to embroider
  2. embroidery

How to say 绣

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale绣xiù4th tone, falling

绣 in a sentence

  1. 奶奶在枕头上绣了一朵花。

    Nǎinai zài zhěntou shàng xiù le yì duǒ huā.

    Grandma embroidered a flower on the pillow.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这件衣服上的花是手工绣的。

    Zhè jiàn yīfu shàng de huā shì shǒugōng xiù de.

    The flowers on this piece of clothing were embroidered by hand.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 绣 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 绣 (xiù) with each of its parts in a different colour
绣xiùto embroider; embroidery
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 秀elegant · xiùSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 秀 (xiù) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiù.

How to write 绣

绣 10 strokes

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

Words related to 绣

More words: Media & Arts

舞蹈wǔdǎo · dance武侠wǔxiá · martial arts hero相声xiàngsheng · comic dialogue (crosstalk)肖像xiàoxiàng · portrait旋律xuánlǜ · melody悬念xuánniàn · suspense序言xùyán · preface演奏yǎnzòu · to perform (on an instrument)

FAQs

绣 (xiù) means “to embroider” or “embroidery”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiù: xiù with a 4th 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, 绣 is written 繡. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 绣 from the suggestions. Typing xiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
绣 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.