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绣 xiù

to embroider; embroidery

Strokes
10
Level
HSK 6
Radical
纟
Traditional
繡
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 纟秀 ⿰纟秀

Memory hint: silk

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  1. 奶奶擅长刺绣。
    Nǎinai shàncháng cìxiù.
    Grandma is skilled at embroidery.
    grandma good-at embroidery
  2. 这块布上绣的是什么图案？
    Zhè kuài bù shàng xiù de shì shénme tú'àn?
    What pattern is embroidered on this cloth?
    this (measure) cloth-on embroider (particle) is what pattern (question)
  3. 你可以在手帕上绣一朵小花。
    Nǐ kěyǐ zài shǒupà shàng xiù yì duǒ xiǎohuā.
    You can embroider a little flower on the handkerchief.
    you can at handkerchief-on embroider one (measure) small-flower
  4. 这件衣服上没有绣任何图案。
    Zhè jiàn yīfu shàng méiyǒu xiù rènhé tú'àn.
    There isn't any pattern embroidered on this piece of clothing.
    this (measure) clothes-on not-have embroider any pattern
  5. 过去，姑娘们出嫁前都要学着绣嫁妆。
    Guòqù, gūniangmen chūjià qián dōu yào xuézhe xiù jiàzhuang.
    In the past, girls had to learn to embroider their dowries before marriage.
    past, girls marry-out before all should learn-continuous embroider dowry

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