脩 xiū

  1. xiū verb to cultivate; to repair
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 修 (Guoyu '脩' v 2; Kroll 2015 '脩' 2; NCCED '脩' 2)
  2. xiū noun a teacher's pay
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 束脩; formerly, paid with dried meat (Guoyu '脩' n 2; Kroll 2015 '脩' 1; NCCED '脩' 1; Unihan '脩')
  3. xiū noun strips of dried meat
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Formerly, used to pay teachers (Guoyu '脩' n 1; Kroll 2015 '脩' 1; NCCED '脩' 1; Unihan '脩')
  4. xiū noun a ceremonial gift to a teacher
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '脩' 1a)
  5. xiū proper noun Xiu
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '脩' n 3)
  6. xiū verb to wither; to dried up
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 干枯 (Guoyu '脩' v 1)
  7. xiū verb to clean; to sweep
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 打扫 (Guoyu '脩' v 3)
  8. xiū adjective long; far
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 长, 久, or 远 (Guoyu '脩' adj 1)
  9. xiū adjective beautiful and good
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 美善 (Guoyu '脩' adj 2)

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脩仁 、 脩容 、 束脩 、 脩祜

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