清 qīng (of water etc) clear / clean / quiet / still / pure / uncorrupted / clear / distinct / to clear / to settle (accounts) syn 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 清白 qīng bái pure / innocent syn 纯粹 純粹 chún cuì pure / unadulterated / purely / completely syn 十足 shí zú ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color) syn 纯洁 純潔 chún jié pure / clean and honest / to purify syn 单纯 單純 dān chún simple / pure / unsophisticated / merely / purely syn 纯属 純屬 chún shǔ to be purely / pure and simple / sheer / outright syn 丝绸 絲綢 sī chóu silk cloth / silk syn 纯净 純淨 chún jìng pure / clean / unmixed syn 圣洁 聖潔 shèng jié pure and holy syn 纯真 純真 chún zhēn innocent and unaffected / pure and unadulterated syn 纯正 純正 chún zhèng pure / unadulterated / (of motives etc) honest syn 清风 清風 qīng fēng cool breeze / fig. pure and honest syn 纯金 純金 chún jīn pure gold syn 纯情 純情 chún qíng pure and innocent / a pure heart syn 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 丝巾 絲巾 sī jīn headscarf / kerchief / silk neckband 清纯 清純 qīng chún fresh and pure syn 丝线 絲線 sī xiàn silk thread (for sewing) / silk yarn (for weaving) syn 洁白 潔白 jié bái spotlessly white / pure white syn 净土 淨土 jìng tǔ (Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit) syn 绸缎 綢緞 chóu duàn satin / silk fabric syn 清真 qīng zhēn Islamic / Muslim / halal (of food) / clean / pure syn 抽丝 抽絲 chōu sī to spin silk syn 丝网 絲網 sī wǎng silk screen / screen (printing) 阳关 陽關 yáng guān Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌 精练 精練 jīng liàn (textiles) to scour / to degum (silk) / variant of 精煉|精炼[jing1 lian4] syn 花红 花紅 huā hóng flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica) syn 皑皑 皚皚 ái ái (literary) white as snow / pure white syn 织锦 織錦 zhī jǐn brocade / silk fabric with colored pattern 蚕丝 蠶絲 cán sī natural silk (secreted by silkworm) syn 足金 zú jīn pure gold / solid gold syn 绸子 綢子 chóu zi silk fabric / silk / CL:匹[pi3] syn 精粹 jīng cuì succinct / pure and concise syn 丝绸之路 絲綢之路 sī chóu zhī lù the Silk Road 赤子之心 chì zǐ zhī xīn pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn / sincere syn 绮罗 綺羅 qǐ luó beautiful silk fabrics / person in beautiful silk dress 淳厚 chún hòu pure and honest / simple and kind syn 纯音 純音 chún yīn pure tone 丝路 絲路 sī lù the Silk Road / abbr. for 絲綢之路|丝绸之路[Si1 chou2 zhi1 Lu4] 剔透 tī tòu pure and limpid / (of a person) quick-witted 纯棉 純棉 chún mián pure cotton / 100% cotton 纯白 純白 chún bái pure white 清明节 清明節 qīng míng jié Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April) 紫铜 紫銅 zǐ tóng copper (pure copper, as opposed to alloy) syn 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 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 纯牛奶 純牛奶 chún niú nǎi pure milk 布帛 bù bó cloth and silk / cotton and silk textiles syn 赤金 chì jīn pure gold syn 生丝 生絲 shēng sī raw 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 丝 絲 sī silk / thread-like thing / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc 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 素 sù raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever syn 纯 純 chún pure / simple / unmixed / genuine syn 伞 傘 sǎn damask silk / variant of 傘|伞[san3] syn 币 幣 bì money / coins / currency / silk syn 缇 緹 tí orange-red silk / orange-red colored 绢 絹 juàn thin, tough silk fabric 绫 綾 líng damask / thin silk 百合花 bǎi hé huā lily / fig. pure and spotless person / virgin syn 纺 紡 fǎng to spin (cotton or hemp etc) / fine woven silk fabric syn 绸 綢 chóu (light) silk / CL:匹[pi3] syn 绮 綺 qǐ beautiful / open-work silk syn 粹 cuì pure / unmixed / essence syn 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 纨 紈 wán white / white silk syn 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 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 绎 繹 yì continuous / to interpret / to unravel / to draw silk (old) 帛 bó silk syn 绯 緋 fēi dark red / purple silk syn 缥 縹 piǎo (literary) light blue / (literary) light blue silk fabric 缯 繒 zēng silk fabrics syn 缟素 縞素 gǎo sù white silk mourning dress syn 缂丝 緙絲 kè sī kesi or k’o-ssu, Chinese silk tapestry woven in a pictorial design 竹帛 zhú bó bamboo and silk writing materials (before paper) syn 纶 綸 lún to classify / to twist silk / silk thread syn 洌 liè pure / to cleanse syn 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 繻 xū fine silk 缣 縑 jiān thick waterproof silk syn 绡 綃 xiāo raw silk syn 絜 xié marking line / pure / to regulate 縠 hú fine silk gauze 纩 纊 kuàng fine floss-silk or cotton 