湘绣 in English Xiang1 xiu4 Meaning

Meanings

  • Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 粵繡|粤绣[Yue4 xiu4] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shu3 xiu4])

Simplified Characters

湘 绣

Traditional Characters

湘 繡

Pinyin

Xiang1 xiu4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

湘xiang1abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China 绣xiu4variant of 繡|绣[xiu4]