She is handy with a needle.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
针线活
needlework
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
needlework
02
sewing
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 针线活 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 针线活 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
She put aside the sewing and stood up.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 针线活.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 针线活.
Directly before
- 的针线活1
- 擅长针线活1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 针线活
What does 针线活 mean in Chinese?
针线活 (zhēnxiànhuó) means needlework.
How do you pronounce 针线活?
针线活 is pronounced zhēnxiànhuó.
Is 针线活 an HSK word?
针线活 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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