刺繡

See also: 刺綉, 刺绣, and 刺繍

Chinese

		thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder	to embroider
trad. (刺繡/刺綉)		刺	繡/綉
simp. (刺绣)		刺	绣
alternative forms		刺𰬩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cìxiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ sau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cìxiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìhsiòu
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-hsiu⁴
    • Yale: tsz̀-syòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhshiow
    • Palladius: цысю (cysju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci³ sau³
    • Yale: chi sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³ seo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ sɐu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjek sjuwH

Rime
Character	刺	繡
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	七迹切	息救切
Baxter	tshjek	sjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇk̚/	/sɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛk̚/	/siuH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiæk̚/	/siəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiajk̚/	/suwH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɛk̚/	/siuH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭɛk̚/	/sĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ɛk̚/	/si̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qi	xiù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cik1	sau3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ek  [s]iw(k)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰeɡ  sɯwɢs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	刺	繡
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cì	xiù
Middle Chinese	‹ tshjek ›	‹ sjuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ek/	/*[s]iw(k)-s/
English	pierce, stab	embroider
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	刺	繡
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	1780	12123
Phonetic component	朿	肅
Rime group	錫	奧
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	皵	秀
Old Chinese	/*sʰeɡ/	/*sɯwɢs/

Verb

刺繡

1. to embroider

Synonyms

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• 刺花 (Hokkien)
• 插花 (chāhuā) (regional)
• 繡花／绣花 (xiùhuā)

 

Noun

刺繡

1. embroidery

   金色刺繡／金色刺绣  ―  jīnsè cìxiù  ―  gold embroidery

Japanese

Kanji in this term
刺	繡
し Grade: S	しゅう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 刺繡 – see the following entry.

【刺繍ししゅう】 [noun] embroidery [verb] embroider

(This term, 刺繡, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
刺	繡

Noun

刺繡 • (jasu) (hangeul 자수)

1. hanja form^? of 자수 (“embroidery”)