缯 繒 zēng silk fabrics syn 纺织品 紡織品 fǎng zhī pǐn textile / fabrics 鸳绮 鴛綺 yuān qǐ magnificent fabrics 丝绸 絲綢 sī chóu silk cloth / silk syn 真丝 真絲 zhēn sī silk / pure silk 丝线 絲線 sī xiàn silk thread (for sewing) / silk yarn (for weaving) syn 绸子 綢子 chóu zi silk fabric / silk / CL:匹[pi3] syn 布帛 bù bó cloth and silk / cotton and silk textiles syn 练 練 liàn to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk syn 纶 綸 lún to classify / to twist silk / silk thread syn 絓 kuā type of coarse silk / bag used to wrap silk before washing 绦带 絛帶 tāo dài silk ribbon / silk braid 薄绸 薄綢 báo chóu light silk / silk chiffon 𬣙 訏 xū to boast / great / large / multicolored silk / piece of silk torn in two, used to verify the holder's identity by matching up the two halves 绮 綺 qǐ beautiful / open-work silk syn 姹紫嫣红 奼紫嫣紅 chà zǐ yān hóng lit. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom) / fig. beautiful flowers syn 兰章 蘭章 lán zhāng a beautiful speech or piece of writing / your beautiful article (honorific) 美颜 美顏 měi yán to beautify sb's face (with cosmetics etc) / to retouch a photo to make sb look more beautiful / beautiful face / beautified face 天生丽质 天生麗質 tiān shēng - lì zhì (idiom) to be naturally beautiful / to be born beautiful syn 丝路 絲路 sī lù the Silk Road / abbr. for 絲綢之路|丝绸之路[Si1 chou2 zhi1 Lu4] 未雨绸缪 未雨綢繆 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 syn 丝网 絲網 sī wǎng silk screen / screen (printing) 丝绸之路 絲綢之路 sī chóu zhī lù the Silk Road 丝巾 絲巾 sī jīn headscarf / kerchief / silk neckband 精练 精練 jīng liàn (textiles) to scour / to degum (silk) / variant of 精煉|精炼[jing1 lian4] syn 绸缎 綢緞 chóu duàn satin / silk fabric syn 蚕丝 蠶絲 cán sī natural silk (secreted by silkworm) syn 阳关 陽關 yáng guān Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌 花红 花紅 huā hóng flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica) syn 织锦 織錦 zhī jǐn brocade / silk fabric with colored pattern 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 浣紗 huàn shā to wash silk 抽丝 抽絲 chōu sī to spin silk syn 纺丝 紡絲 fǎng sī to spin synthetic fiber / to spin silk / spinning / filature 吐丝 吐絲 tǔ sī (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk 化干戈为玉帛 化幹戈為玉帛 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 syn 丝织品 絲織品 sī zhī pǐn item made from woven silk or rayon syn 生丝 生絲 shēng sī raw silk syn 绵里藏针 綿裡藏針 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 syn 缟素 縞素 gǎo sù white silk mourning dress syn 素 sù raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever syn 缂丝 緙絲 kè sī kesi or k’o-ssu, Chinese silk tapestry woven in a pictorial design 笔套 筆套 bǐ tào the cap of a pen, pencil or writing brush / the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread) syn 竹帛 zhú bó bamboo and silk writing materials (before paper) syn 丝 絲 sī silk / thread-like thing / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc syn 币 幣 bì money / coins / currency / silk syn 吐 tǔ to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances) syn 伞 傘 sǎn damask silk / variant of 傘|伞[san3] syn 绢 絹 juàn thin, tough silk fabric 纺 紡 fǎng to spin (cotton or hemp etc) / fine woven silk fabric syn 绸 綢 chóu (light) silk / CL:匹[pi3] syn 绎 繹 yì continuous / to interpret / to unravel / to draw silk (old) 绫 綾 líng damask / thin silk 纂 zuǎn (literary) to compile / to edit / (coll.) (hairstyle) bun / chignon (as 纂兒|纂儿[zuan3r5]) / red silk ribbon / variant of 纘|缵[zuan3] syn 帛 bó silk syn 绯 緋 fēi dark red / purple silk syn 缥 縹 piǎo (literary) light blue / (literary) light blue silk fabric 缫 繅 sāo to reel silk from cocoons 绌 絀 chù crimson silk / deficiency / to stitch syn 缙 縉 jìn red silk syn 缦 縵 màn plain thin silk / slow / unadorned 纰 紕 pī error / carelessness / spoiled silk 缟 縞 gǎo plain white silk syn 缁 緇 zī Buddhists / black silk / dark syn 纨 紈 wán white / white silk syn 繻 xū fine silk 缇 緹 tí orange-red silk / orange-red colored 缣 縑 jiān thick waterproof silk syn 绡 綃 xiāo raw silk syn 縠 hú fine silk gauze 纩 纊 kuàng fine floss-silk or cotton 絁 shī rough, indelicate silk 紬 chóu silk 綎 tīng silk braided cord 䌷 紬 chóu silk 缲 繰 sāo to reel silk from cocoons syn 贉 tǎn pay an advance / silk book cover 纴 紝 rèn to weave / to lay warp for weaving / silk thread for weaving / variant of 紉|纫, to sew / to stitch / thread 綅 qīn red silk crest of helmet 緅 zōu purple silk 抽丝剥茧 抽絲剝繭 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 布帛菽粟 bù bó shū sù cloth, silk, beans and grain / food and clothing / daily necessities 厂丝 廠絲 chǎng sī filature silk 紞 dǎn silk fringe of a coronet 紑 fóu bright / glossy (of silk) 絖 kuàng fine floss-silk or cotton 湅 liàn to boil raw silk (to soften and clean it) 糸 mì fine silk / Kangxi radical 120 綪 qiàn dark red color (of silk product) 縃 xū fine silk 楼兰 樓蘭 lóu lán Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊[Luo2 bu4 po1] 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 the Silk Road between Tibet and the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim) 帛画 帛畫 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 