| 绸 | [ choú ] (light) silk, CL:匹[pi3] |
| 绸子 | [ choú zi ] silk fabric, silk, CL:匹[pi3] |
| 绸缎 | [ choú duàn ] satin, silk fabric |
| 绸缪 | [ choú moú ] to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth |
| ⇒ 塔夫绸 | [ tǎ fū choú ] taffeta |
| ⇒ 府绸 | [ fǔ choú ] poplin (cotton cloth used for shirts) |
| ⇒ 未雨绸缪 | [ weì yǔ choú moú ] 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 |
| ⇒ 丝绸 | [ sī choú ] silk cloth, silk |
| ⇒ 丝绸之路 | [ sī choú zhī lù ] the Silk Road |
| ⇒ 丝绸古路 | [ sī choú gǔ lù ] the ancient Silk Road, see also 絲綢之路|丝绸之路[Si1 chou2 zhi1 Lu4] |
| ⇒ 丝绸织物 | [ sī choú zhī wù ] silk fabric |
| ⇒ 绵绸 | [ mián choú ] rough-textured fabric of waste silk |
| ⇒ 薄绸 | [ baó choú ] light silk, silk chiffon |