Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 绣

variant of 繡／绣 (xiù)

to embroider; embroidery

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))

silk material with grained pattern

to embroider
to do embroidery

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))

tapestry

beautiful

see 坐墩 (zuòdūn)

to embroider
embroidery

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))

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))

embroidery

hydrangea

Clematis montana

embroidered shoes

throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals)
(fig.) to make overtures
to court

cross-stitch

jǐnxīnxiùkǒu

(of writing) elegant and ornate

jǐnxiùqiánchéng

bright future
bright prospects

huāquánxiùtuǐ

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)