xiù
verb HSK 7 #15,257

Meanings

  1. 1 to embroider
  2. 2 embroidery

Examples

Tā zài shǒupà shàng xiùle yī duǒ huā.
She embroidered a flower on the handkerchief.
Sūxiù shì Zhōngguó zhùmíng de chuántǒng gōngyì.
Suzhou embroidery is a famous traditional Chinese craft.

Tips

culture
China has four great embroidery traditions: (Suzhou), (Hunan), (Sichuan), and (Guangdong). Suzhou embroidery is the most renowned.
memory
The radical (silk) + (elegant) = creating elegant patterns with silk thread.

Stroke Order

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