绣 (繡) xiù

1. xiù verb to embroider
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 绣 is synomymous with 刺绣 and overlaps with the sense 'to adorn' (GHC '绣' 1, 3) Middle Chinese: sjuwH (Kroll 繡 xiù)
2. xiù noun embroidery; embroidered clothes
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (GHC '绣' 2)
3. xiù verb to decorate; to adorn
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Middle Chinese: sjuwH (Kroll 繡 xiù); 繡：五采備也。从糸肅聲。 'xiù: to decorate with the five colors. From the silk radical and sù pronunciation.' (Shuo Wen Jie Zi, Scroll 14 說文解字‧卷十四)
4. xiù adjective ornate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (GHC '绣' 4) Middle Chinese: sjuwH (Kroll 繡 xiù)
5. xiù noun embroidery
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Middle Chinese: sjuwH (UniHan '繡')
6. xiù noun an ornament
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Middle Chinese: sjuwH (UniHan '繡')
7. xiù proper noun Xiu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: A surname (GHC '绣' 5)

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• 苏绣(蘇繡) Suzhou Embroidery
• 绣球藤(繡球藤) Clematis montana
• 抛绣球(拋繡球) throwing the embroidered ball; to make overtures
• 绣帘(繡簾) brocade curtains ; embroidered curtain
• 绮绣(綺繡) silk material with grained pattern
• 绣球花(繡球花) hydrangea
• 锦绣前程(錦繡前程) bright future; bright prospects
• 灰腹绣眼鸟(灰腹繡眼鳥) oriental white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)
• 红胁绣眼鸟(紅脅繡眼鳥) chestnut-flanked white-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus)
• 绣墩(繡墩) a Chinese drum-shaped stool
• 文绣(文繡) beautifully decorated or embroidered brocade or clothes
• 绣花鞋(繡花鞋) embroidered shoes
• 蜀绣(蜀繡) Sichuan Embroidery
• 粤绣(粵繡) Guangdong Embroidery
• 红绣鞋(紅繡鞋) red embroidered shoes ; red hot iron shoes
• 锦心绣口(錦心繡口) (of writing) elegant and ornate
• 刺绣品(刺繡品) embroidery
• 四大名绣(四大名繡) four regional styles of embroidery
• 十字绣(十字繡) cross-stitch
• 低地绣眼鸟(低地繡眼鳥) lowland white-eye (Zosterops meyeni)
• 绣花(繡花) to embroider; to do embroidery
• 湘绣(湘繡) Hunan Embroidery
• 绣帷(繡帷) tapestry
• 锦绣(錦繡) beautiful ; brocade ; a beautiful object
• 暗绿绣眼鸟(暗綠繡眼鳥) Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
• 花拳绣腿(花拳繡腿) flowery of fist with fancy footwork; highly embellished and ineffectual; fancy but impractical skills; all show and no go
• 刺绣(刺繡) to embroider ; embroidery

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锦绣峰

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• 卷七十九　志第二十九: 　輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 81
• 卷一百四十八 志第一百〇一 儀衞六 Volume 148 Treatises 101: Ceremonial Guards 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 74
• 卷七十八　志第二十八: 　輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 50
• 卷一百四十九 志第一百〇二 輿服一 Volume 149 Treatises 102: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 45
• 卷六十七 志第四十三 輿服三 Volume 67 Treatises 43: Carriages and Clothing 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 41
• 第十八回 Chapter 18 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 32
• 卷十 魏書十一 袁張涼國田王邴管傳 Volume 10: Book of Wei 10 - Biographies of Xun Yu, Xun You, and Jia Xu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 31
• 卷六十六 志第四十二 輿服二 Volume 66 Treatises 42: Carriages and Clothing 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 27
• 卷一百五十 志第一百〇三 輿服二 Volume 150 Treatises 103: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 25
• 第七十六回 Chapter 76 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 25

Collocations

• 绣衣 (繡衣) 與夫人繡衣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 28
• 衣绣 (衣繡) 黻衣繡裳 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧終南 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Zhong Nan — count: 20
• 及绣 (及繡) 泰一祝宰則衣紫及繡 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 5
• 黼绣 (黼繡) 美者黼繡 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 3 — count: 4
• 绣降 (繡降) 張繡降 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷一 魏書一 武帝紀 Volume 1: Book of Wei 1 - Annals of Emperor Wu — count: 3
• 绣袷 (繡袷) 服繡袷綺衣 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《匈奴列傳》 Treatise on the Xiongnu — count: 3
• 从子绣 (從子繡) 濟從子繡收觿而退 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十四下 袁紹劉表列傳 Volume 74b: Biographies of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao 2 — count: 3
• 绣夜行 (繡夜行) 如衣繡夜行 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 3
• 绣曰 (繡曰) 詡謂繡曰 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十 魏書十一 袁張涼國田王邴管傳 Volume 10: Book of Wei 10 - Biographies of Xun Yu, Xun You, and Jia Xu — count: 3
• 绣裳 (繡裳) 黻衣繡裳 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧終南 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Zhong Nan — count: 3