Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 修

surname Xiu

variant of 修 (xiū)

to decorate
to embellish
to repair
to build
to write
to cultivate
to study
to take (a class)

to revise
to amend

religious order

to build
to repair

to practice Daoism

accomplishment
training
self-cultivation

to revise downward

to amend the constitution

to cultivate one's moral character
(fashion) slim-fit
body-hugging

to repair
to fix
to prune
to trim
(coll.) to sort sb out
to fix sb

Yongxiu county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi

to cultivate friendship with neighbors

to amend an ordinance (abbr. for 修改條例／修改条例 (xiūgǎitiáolì))

seminary (Christian college)

voicing (adjustment of timbre, loudness etc of organ or other musical instrument)

disrepair

to hold a semiannual ceremony of purification

Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology

to study
to practice

to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo)

to repair
to refurbish
to renovate
to refit
to mend
to rebuild

to take a course

(of an academic course) required
compulsory

to repair in a rush
rush repairs

contemplation
meditation

to make level; to make even; to trim

to do research work
to engage in advanced studies

Xiuwu county in Jiaozuo 焦作 ( Jiāozuò), Henan

to build
to construct

to practice Zen (esp. meditation)

member of religious order
frater

to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged)
to establish friendly relations with
(literary) to do meritorious deeds

Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽／贵阳 ( Guìyáng), Guizhou

to rebuild (house or road)
to overhaul

to have a shave
to enhance the appearance of the face

(of Taoists) to practice austerities
to practice asceticism

nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)

to reconstruct
to repair
to revamp
to revise
to retake a failed course

to study on one's own
self-study

to study (in an academic program); to pursue (a degree)

to repair a bike (car etc)

to compile and revise
to inherit and develop

pedicure

(education) to major in; major

start of the year

to practice Taoism; to cultivate the true self through spiritual exercises

to revise

to amend a law

to repair
to renovate

(at a school) to take as an elective
an elective
elective (subject)

to become revisionist

(education) to minor in; minor

overhaul

to prune
to trim

(literary) long and arduous (road)

to compile and edit

go-between
matchmaker

manicure

to revise

to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism)
to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft

Xiushui county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi

monasticism

to retouch images
image retouching

to study at school

to build

to mend

to renovate
to repair (a building)

rhetoric

to undertake advanced studies
to take a refresher course

to restore; to renovate
(computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc)

construction plan

to practice (an activity)
to perform

to overhaul
to examine and fix (a motor)
to service (a vehicle)

maintenance (of equipment)
to protect and maintain

to repair earthworks

to decorate
interior decoration
to fit up
to renovate

to promise to keep sth in good repair
guarantee; warranty

auto repair

variant of 束脩 (shùxiū)

to repair a road

to compile
to compose

slender
lanky
tall and thin

to decorate
to adorn
to dress up
to polish (a written piece)
to qualify or modify (grammar)

revise
revised

to restore (an ancient temple)

to amend
to alter
to modify

revised draft
new version (of a document)

monk (Christian)

(grammar) modifier
qualifier
adjunct

rhetoric

monastery (Christian)
abbey

monastery
convent

Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽／贵阳 ( Guìyáng), Guizhou

required course; compulsory course

Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian

Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology

shuāngzhǔxiū

(education) double major

optional course (in school)

manicure

a cobbler

correction fluid

guarantee period
warranty period

person pursuing religious practice (Buddhism)

repair workshop (for machinery, vehicles etc)

research worker
researcher

Xiuwu county in Jiaozuo 焦作 ( Jiāozuò), Henan

water conservancy
irrigation works

tinker

amendment
revised draft

revised edition
revised version

repair shop

pedicurist

Xiushui county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi

Yongxiu county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi

order (of monks)

modifier (grammar)

friar; frater

Danny Lee Sau-Yin (1953-), Hong Kong actor and director

revised edition (of a book)

figure of speech

xiūchéngzhèngguǒ

to achieve Buddhahood through one's efforts and insight
to obtain a positive outcome after sustained efforts
to come to fruition

xiūxīnyǎngxìng

to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation

tuōbōxiūhuì

mendicant religious order in Catholicism
Franciscan order

Xīnxiūběncǎo

Tang dynasty compendium of herbal medicine

Thucydides (c. 455 - c. 400 BC), Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War

xiūzhèngzhǔyì

revisionism

xiūdìnglìshǐ

revision history (of a document, web page etc)

niánjiǔshīxiū

old and in a state of disrepair (idiom)
dilapidated

nèiwàijiānxiū

(of a person) beautiful inside and out

chóngxīnzhuāngxiū

refurbishment; renovation

xiūliànchéngxiān

lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal
practice makes perfect

nüxiūdàoyuàn

convent

fight self-interest and repudiate revisionism (Cultural Revolution slogan)

Odysseus

jìngxīnxiūshēn

to have an untroubled heart and behave morally (idiom)

dàxiūdàoyuàn

abbey
large monastery or convent

Odysseus, hero of Homer's Odyssey

jīyīnxiūgǎi

genetic modification

bùjiāxiūshì

undecorated
unvarnished
no frills

chóngxiūjiùhǎo

to make friends again
to renew old cordial relations

Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888), German physicist and mathematician

bùxiūbiānfú

not care about one's appearance (idiom)
slovenly in dress and manner

Xúnshānyǐnxiūhuì

郇山隐修会

[郇山隱修會]

Priory of Zion (fictional masonic order)

qiánzhìxiūshìyǔ

前置修饰语

[前置修飾語]

premodifier (grammar)

Pǔluómǐxiūsī

普罗米修斯

[普羅米修斯]

Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology

dàxiūdàoyuànzhǎng

大修道院长

[大修道院長]

abbot

nánxiūdàoyuànzhǎng

男修道院长

[男修道院長]

abbot

hòuzhìxiūshìyǔ

后置修饰语

[後置修飾語]

postmodifier (grammar)

Xiūxīdǐdéxiànjǐng

修昔底德陷阱

[修昔底德陷阱]

Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)

míngxiūzhàndào,àndù Chéncāng

明修栈道，暗渡陈仓

[明修棧道，暗渡陳倉]

lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 ( Wèi Hé) at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦／刘邦 ( Liú Bāng) in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽／项羽 ( Xiàng Yǔ) of Chu)
fig. to feign one thing while doing another
to cheat under cover of a diversion

shīfulǐngjìnmén,xiūxíngzàigèrén

师父领进门，修行在个人

[師父領進門，修行在個人]

the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you
you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink