刺绣

刺繡

cìxiù

noun HSK 7 #15,297

Measure Word

一幅刺绣 fú

Meanings

1 embroidery
2 to embroider

Characters

to pierce; to prick; to stab

to embroider; embroidery

Examples

苏州的刺绣非常有名。

Sūzhōu de cìxiù fēicháng yǒumíng.

Suzhou's embroidery is very famous.

她从小就学会了刺绣。

Tā cóngxiǎo jiù xuéhuì le cìxiù.

She learned embroidery from a young age.

这幅刺绣作品花了三年才完成。

Zhè fú cìxiù zuòpǐn huā le sān nián cái wánchéng.

This embroidery piece took three years to complete.

Tips

culture

China's four great embroidery traditions are: 苏绣 (Suzhou), 湘绣 (Hunan), 蜀绣 (Sichuan), and 粤绣 (Guangdong). Suzhou embroidery is the most renowned, known for its delicate silk threadwork.

Stroke Order

刺 cì

绣 xiù