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xiù
sleeve
🔤 Pictophonetic: 衤 (clothes) provides meaning, 由 provides pronunciation
HSK 6 ✏️ 10 strokes Common • Top 17%

Words Using 袖 (33)

领袖
lǐngxiù
HSK 6
leader / CL:[[個|个<gè>]], [[位<wèi>]], [[名<míng>]]
xiù
sleeve / to tuck inside one's sleeve
袖子
xiùzi
sleeve
袖珍
xiùzhēn
pocket-sized / pocket (book etc)
袖口
xiùkǒu
cuff
袖扣
xiùkòu
cuff link
套袖
tàoxiù
sleeve cover
衣袖
yīxiù
the sleeve of a garment
断袖之癖
duànxiùzhīpǐ
lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han [[漢書|汉书]]: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
断袖
duànxiù
homosexual / see [[斷袖之癖|断袖之癖<duànxiùzhīpǐ>]]
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