湘绣 xiāng xiù

Hunan-style Chinese embroidery

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 苏绣sū xiù, 粤绣yuè xiù and 蜀绣shǔ xiù)

Characters

Character Meaning
湘 xiāng
abbr. for Hunan 湖南hú nán province in south central China
绣 xiù HSK 6
to embroider; embroidery; variant of 繡xiù