錦繡

See also: 锦绣

Chinese

		brocade; embroidered work; bright	to embroider
trad. (錦繡)		錦	繡
simp. (锦绣)		锦	绣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐnxiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² sau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kím-siù / gím-siù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐnxiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐnsiòu
    • Wade–Giles: chin³-hsiu⁴
    • Yale: jǐn-syòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiinshiow
    • Palladius: цзиньсю (czinʹsju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² sau³
    • Yale: gám sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² seo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ sɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kím-siù
    • Tâi-lô: kím-siù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kymsiux
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gím-siù
    • Tâi-lô: gím-siù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gymsiux
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siu²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kimX sjuwH

Rime
Character	錦	繡
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居飲切	息救切
Baxter	kimX	sjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪmX/	/sɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚimX/	/siuH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiemX/	/siəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjimX/	/suwH/
Li Rong	/kjəmX/	/siuH/
Wang Li	/kĭĕmX/	/sĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯əmX/	/si̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǐn	xiù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam2	sau3

Noun

錦繡

1. exquisitely brocaded silks

Adjective

錦繡

1. (figurative) as beautiful as brocade; beautiful; splendid

Synonyms

• 亹亹 (wěiwěi) (literary)
• 佼好 (jiǎohǎo) (literary)
• 圓滿／圆满 (yuánmǎn)
• 妙 (miào)
• 妙善 (miàoshàn) (literary)
• 完滿／完满 (wánmǎn)
• 美善 (měishàn) (literary)
• 美好 (měihǎo)
• 美妙 (měimiào)
• 美滿／美满 (měimǎn)

 

Proper noun

錦繡

1. (～村) Jinxiu (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)