蜀绣

蜀繡

Shǔxiù

noun

Measure Word

一幅蜀绣 fú

Meanings

1 Sichuan embroidery
2 Shu embroidery

Characters

Shu, old name for Sichuan

Examples

HSK 7-9

这幅蜀绣绣的是两只熊猫。

Zhè fú Shǔxiù xiù de shì liǎng zhī xióngmāo.

This piece of Sichuan embroidery shows two pandas.

HSK 7-9

蜀绣针脚整齐，丝线光亮，已经有两千多年的历史。

Shǔxiù zhēnjiǎo zhěngqí, sīxiàn guāngliàng, yǐjing yǒu liǎngqiān duō nián de lìshǐ.

Sichuan embroidery has neat stitches and glossy silk thread, and over two thousand years of history.

Tips

culture

From Chengdu in Sichuan, one of China's four great embroidery traditions (四大名绣), with 苏绣, 湘绣 and 粤绣; it is also called 川绣. It is worked on soft satin with coloured silk in well over a hundred kinds of stitch, and pandas, carp and hibiscus flowers are favourite subjects.

Stroke Order

蜀 Shǔ

绣 xiù