"Silk" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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丝绸 sī chóu silk cloth / silk
真丝 zhēn sī silk / pure silk
绸子 chóu zi silk fabric / silk / CL:匹[pi3]
丝 sī silk / thread / trace / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / CL:條|条[tiao2] / classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc
币 bì money / coins / currency / silk
绸 chóu (light) silk / CL:匹[pi3]
帛 bó silk
紬 chóu silk
䌷 chóu silk
丝路 Sī Lù the Silk Road / abbr. for 絲綢之路|丝绸之路[Si1 chou2 zhi1 Lu4]
未雨绸缪 wèi yǔ chóu móu lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经) / fig. to plan ahead / to prepare for a rainy day
丝网 sī wǎng silk screen / screen (printing)
丝绸之路 Sī chóu zhī Lù the Silk Road
丝巾 sī jīn headscarf / kerchief / silk neckband
绸缎 chóu duàn satin / silk fabric
丝线 sī xiàn thread / silk yarn
蚕丝 cán sī natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
阳关 Yáng guān Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌
花红 huā hóng flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica)
织锦 zhī jǐn brocade / silk fabric with colored pattern
绮罗 qǐ luó beautiful silk fabrics / person in beautiful silk dress
八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
河西走廊 Hé xī Zǒu láng Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road
浣纱 huàn shā to wash silk
抽丝 chōu sī to spin silk
纺丝 fǎng sī to spin synthetic fiber / to spin silk / spinning / filature
吐丝 tǔ sī (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk
化干戈为玉帛 huà gān gē wéi yù bó lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship
丝织品 sī zhī pǐn item made from woven silk or rayon
布帛 bù bó cloth and silk / cotton and silk textiles
生丝 shēng sī raw silk
绵里藏针 mián lǐ cáng zhēn lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom) / fig. ruthless character behind a gentle appearance / a wolf in sheep's clothing / an iron fist in a velvet glove
缟素 gǎo sù white silk mourning dress
素 sù raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever
缂丝 kè sī kesi or k’o-ssu, Chinese silk tapestry woven in a pictorial design
笔套 bǐ tào the cap of a pen, pencil or writing brush / the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread)
竹帛 zhú bó bamboo and silk writing materials (before paper)
练 liàn to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk
伞 sǎn damask silk / variant of 傘|伞[san3]
绢 juàn thin, tough silk fabric
纺 fǎng to spin (cotton or hemp etc) / fine woven silk fabric
绎 yì continuous / to interpret / to unravel / to draw silk (old)
绫 líng damask / thin silk
纂 zuǎn to compile / bun (of hair) / red silk ribbon / variant of 纘|缵[zuan3]
纶 lún to classify / to twist silk / silk thread
绮 qǐ beautiful / open-work silk
绯 fēi dark red / purple silk
缫 sāo to reel silk from cocoons
绌 chù crimson silk / deficiency / to stitch
缙 jìn red silk
缦 màn plain thin silk / slow / unadorned
纰 pī error / carelessness / spoiled silk
缟 gǎo plain white silk
缁 zī Buddhists / black silk / dark
纨 wán white / white silk
繻 xū fine silk
缯 zēng silk fabrics
缇 tí orange-red silk / orange-red colored
缣 jiān thick waterproof silk
绡 xiāo raw silk
縠 hú fine silk gauze
絁 shī rough, indelicate silk
綎 tīng silk braided cord
蔟 cù collect / frame for silk worm / nest
缲 sāo to reel silk from cocoons
贉 tǎn pay an advance / silk book cover
纴 rèn to weave / to lay warp for weaving / silk thread for weaving / variant of 紉|纫, to sew / to stitch / thread
絓 kuā type of coarse silk / bag used to wrap silk before washing
綅 qīn red silk crest of helmet
緅 zōu purple silk
抽丝剥茧 chōu sī bāo jiǎn lit. to spin silk from cocoons / fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)
絍 rèn to weave / to lay warp for weaving / variant of 紝|纴[ren4], silk thread for weaving
絣 bǐng Ikat, a type of woven silk / Kasuri
马可波罗 Mǎ kě Bō luó Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo)
糸 mì fine silk / Kangxi radical 120
楼兰 Lóu lán Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊[Luo2 bu4 po1]
布帛菽粟 bù bó shū sù cloth, silk, beans and grain / food and clothing / daily necessities
厂丝 chǎng sī filature silk
紞 dǎn silk fringe of a coronet
湅 liàn to boil raw silk (to soften and clean it)
綪 qiàn dark red color (of silk product)
縃 xū fine silk
纚 xǐ silk headband / Taiwan pr. [shi3]
乃堆拉 Nǎi duī lā Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)
乃堆拉山口 Nǎi duī lā shān kǒu Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)
帛画 bó huà painting on silk
李希霍芬 Lǐ xī huò fēn Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
柘丝 zhè sī silk from worms fed on 柘[zhe4] leaves
梅萨林 méi sà lín muslin or mousseline silk fabric
熟丝 shú sī silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap)
犁靬 Lí jiān Han dynasty name for countries in far West / may refer to Silk Road states or Alexandria or the Roman empire
玉门关 Yù mén Guān Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝 bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom) / expect to convalesce slowly
丝绸古路 Sī chóu Gǔ lù the ancient Silk Road / see also 絲綢之路|丝绸之路[Si1 chou2 zhi1 Lu4]
丝绸织物 sī chóu zhī wù silk fabric
丝绵 sī mián silk floss / down
丝缕 sī lu:3 silk thread
丝织物 sī zhī wù woven silk fabric
绮绣 qǐ xiù silk material with grained pattern
绵子 mián zi (dial.) silk floss
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