Chinese symbol for “satin”
绸缎
chóu duàn
Traditional: 綢緞
satin; silk fabric
The closest CC-CEDICT match for satin is 绸缎 (chóu duàn), defined as: satin; silk fabric.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “satin”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缎 (緞) | duàn | satin |
| 缎子 (緞子) | duàn zi | satin |
| 缎布 (緞布) | duàn bù | satin |
| 色丁 | sè dīng | (loanword) satin (textile) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 绸缎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丝绸 (絲綢) | sī chóu | silk (cloth) |
| 未雨绸缪 (未雨綢繆) | wèi yǔ chóu móu | 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 |
| 绸缪 (綢繆) | chóu móu | to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth |
| 绫罗绸缎 (綾羅綢緞) | líng luó chóu duàn | (idiom) silk and satin |
| 绸子 (綢子) | chóu zi | silk fabric; silk |
| 缎带 (緞帶) | duàn dài | ribbon |
| 锦缎 (錦緞) | jǐn duàn | brocade |
| 缎子 (緞子) | duàn zi | satin |
See also: Japanese symbol for “satin”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.