Chinese words starting with “xiu”
25 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable xiu. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 3 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial x · final iu · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 18
- 4th tone 7
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 休息xiū xiHSK 1
rest; to rest
- 修改xiū gǎiHSK 3
to amend; to alter; to modify
- 休假xiū jiàHSK 2
to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave
All 25 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 修 | xiū | v | to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) | |
| 2 | 修复 | xiū fù | v,vn | to restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc) | |
| 3 | 休闲 | xiū xián | vn,v | leisure; relaxation; not working; idle; to enjoy leisure; to lie fallow | |
| 4 | 修理 | xiū lǐ | v,vn | to repair; to fix; to prune; to trim; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | |
| 5 | 修建 | xiū jiàn | v,vn | to build; to construct | |
| 6 | 修正 | xiū zhèng | v,vn | to revise; to amend | |
| 7 | 修补 | xiū bǔ | v,vn | to mend | |
| 8 | 休克 | xiū kè | vn,v | shock (loanword); to go into shock | |
| 9 | 绣 | xiù | v | to embroider; embroidery | |
| 10 | 修养 | xiū yǎng | n | accomplishment; training; self-cultivation | |
| 11 | 羞愧 | xiū kuì | v,vn | ashamed | |
| 12 | 修订 | xiū dìng | v,vn | to revise | |
| 13 | 修车 | xiū chē | v,vn | to repair a bike (car etc) | |
| 14 | 嗅觉 | xiù jué | n | sense of smell | |
| 15 | 羞耻 | xiū chǐ | n | (a feeling of) shame | |
| 16 | 锈 | xiù | v,n | to rust | |
| 17 | 休想 | xiū xiǎng | v | don't think (that); don't imagine (that) | |
| 18 | 修长 | xiū cháng | a,nr | slender; lanky; tall and thin | |
| 19 | 休养 | xiū yǎng | v,vn | to recuperate; to recover; to convalesce | |
| 20 | 袖手旁观 | xiù shǒu páng guān | v | to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger | |
| 21 | 修路 | xiū lù | v,vn | to repair a road | |
| 22 | 休眠 | xiū mián | vn,v | to be dormant (biology); inactive (volcano); to hibernate (computing) | |
| 23 | 秀丽 | xiù lì | a | pretty; beautiful | |
| 24 | 袖珍 | xiù zhēn | b | pocket-sized; pocket (book etc) | |
| 25 | 秀美 | xiù měi | a | elegant; graceful |
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