Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- chóu
English
- silk cloth, satin damask
- (light) silk
- CL:匹[pi3]
- silk
粵語
- 絲
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 綢
- 絲綢si1 cau4
silk (cloth)
- 綢仔cau2 zai2
silk (spoken)
- 絲綢之路si1 cau4 zi1 lou6
Silk Road
- 綢緞cau4 dyun6
satin
- 綢子cau4 zi2
silk fabric
- 薄綢bok6 cau4
light silk
- 黑膠綢hak1 gaau1 cau2
black watered silk gauze; black gambiered Canton silk gauze; black gambiered Guangzhou silk gauze
- 綿綢min4 cau4
rough-textured fabric of waste silk
- 綢繆cau4 mau4
to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth
- 絲綢織物si1 cau4 zik1 mat6
silk fabric
- 綢零cau2 ling2
- 府綢fu2 cau4
poplin (cotton cloth used for shirts)
- 未雨綢繆mei6 jyu5 cau4 mau4
lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead
- 綾羅綢緞ling4 lo4 cau4 dyun6
(idiom) silk and satin
- 塔夫綢taap3 fu1 cau4
taffeta
- 摩羅綢mo1 lo1 cau2
- 絲綢古路si1 cau4 gu2 lou6
the ancient Silk Road