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修
xiū
1. to decorate
2. to embellish
3. to repair
4. to build
5. to write
6. to cultivate
7. to study
8. to take (a class)
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

修
xiū
to study; to repair; to decorate; to cultivate
HSK 4 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

修饰
xiūshì
to decorate
检修
jiǎnxiū
to overhaul
修院
xiūyuàn
seminary (Christian college)
修音
xiūyīn
voicing (adjustment of timbre, loudness etc of organ or other musical instrument)
大修
dàxiū
overhaul
束修
shùxiū
see [[束脩<shùxiū>]]
修车
xiūchē
to repair a bike (car etc)
修长
xiūcháng
slender
保修
bǎoxiū
to promise to keep sth in good repair
修面
xiūmiàn
to have a shave
修养
xiūyǎng
accomplishment
HSK 6
培修
péixiū
to repair earthworks
抢修
qiǎngxiū
to repair in a rush
新修
xīnxiū
revise
主修
zhǔxiū
to major in
下修
xiàxiū
to revise downward
修士
xiūshì
member of religious order
修道
xiūdào
to practice Daoism
修女
xiūnǚ
nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
修整
xiūzhěng
to spruce up

Alternate Entries

修
Xiū
surname Xiu
修
xiū
dried meat / private teacher's remuneration / withered / variant of [[修<xiū>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
739
Word Frequency Rank
1,089 of 84,292

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