Usage of the character 繡
xiù
绣
[繡]
- to embroider; embroidery
Shǔxiù
蜀绣
[蜀繡]
- Sichuan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡／苏绣 ( Sūxiù), 湘繡／湘绣 ( Xiāngxiù) and 粵繡／粤绣 ( Yuèxiù))
qǐxiù
绮绣
[綺繡]
- silk material with grained pattern
xiùhuā
绣花
[繡花]
- to embroider
- to do embroidery
Sūxiù
苏绣
[蘇繡]
- Suzhou embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 湘繡／湘绣 ( Xiāngxiù), 粵繡／粤绣 ( Yuèxiù) and 蜀繡／蜀绣 ( Shǔxiù))
xiùwéi
绣帷
[繡帷]
- tapestry
jǐnxiù
锦绣
[錦繡]
- beautiful
xiùdūn
绣墩
[繡墩]
- see 坐墩 (zuòdūn)
cìxiù
刺绣
[刺繡]
- to embroider
- embroidery
Xiāngxiù
湘绣
[湘繡]
- Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡／苏绣 ( Sūxiù), 粵繡／粤绣 ( Yuèxiù) and 蜀繡／蜀绣 ( Shǔxiù))
Yuèxiù
粤绣
[粵繡]
- Guangdong embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡／苏绣 ( Sūxiù), 湘繡／湘绣 ( Xiāngxiù) and 蜀繡／蜀绣 ( Shǔxiù))
cìxiùpǐn
刺绣品
[刺繡品]
- embroidery
xiùqiúhuā
绣球花
[繡球花]
- hydrangea
xiùqiúténg
绣球藤
[繡球藤]
- Clematis montana
xiùhuāxié
绣花鞋
[繡花鞋]
- embroidered shoes
pāoxiùqiú
抛绣球
[拋繡球]
- throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals)
- (fig.) to make overtures
- to court
shízìxiù
十字绣
[十字繡]
- cross-stitch
jǐnxīnxiùkǒu
锦心绣口
[錦心繡口]
- (of writing) elegant and ornate
jǐnxiùqiánchéng
锦绣前程
[錦繡前程]
- bright future
- bright prospects
huāquánxiùtuǐ
花拳绣腿
[花拳繡腿]
- flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom)
- highly embellished and ineffectual
- fancy but impractical skills
- all show and no go
- pugilistic wankery
huīfùxiùyǎnniǎo
灰腹绣眼鸟
[灰腹繡眼鳥]
- (bird species of China) oriental white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)
dīdìxiùyǎnniǎo
低地绣眼鸟
[低地繡眼鳥]
- (bird species of China) lowland white-eye (Zosterops meyeni)
ànlüxiùyǎnniǎo
暗绿绣眼鸟
[暗綠繡眼鳥]
- (bird species of China) Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
hóngxiéxiùyǎnniǎo
红胁绣眼鸟
[紅脅繡眼鳥]
- (bird species of China) chestnut-flanked white-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus)