🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

缝纫

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: féngrèn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sewing/ˈsoʊ.ɪŋ/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她正在学习基础的缝纫技巧。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The craft or activity of fastening or making things with stitches using a needle and thread.

    "She developed a strong passion for sewing her own clothes."
As verb
  1. 1

    To join, fasten, or repair something by making stitches with a needle and thread.

    "He had to sew a button back onto his winter coat."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English word 'siwian', stemming from Proto-Germanic '*siwjaną', which shares roots with the Latin 'suere' (to sew). Historically, it has denoted the joining or fastening of materials using a needle and thread since before the 12th century.

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