Chinese symbol for “trim”
修整
xiū zhěng
to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for trim is 修整 (xiū zhěng), defined as: to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “trim”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沿 | yán | along; to follow (a line, tradition etc) |
| 修理 | xiū lǐ | to repair; to fix |
| 裁 | cái | to cut out (as a dress); to cut |
| 刓 | wán | to trim |
| 修剪 | xiū jiǎn | to prune; to trim |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 修整.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 修改 | xiū gǎi | to amend; to alter |
| 维修 (維修) | wéi xiū | maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain |
| 修正 | xiū zhèng | to revise; to amend; to rectify |
| 修复 (修復) | xiū fù | to restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc) |
| 修订 (修訂) | xiū dìng | to revise |
| 修建 | xiū jiàn | to build; to construct |
| 整个 (整個) | zhěng gè | whole; entire |
| 调整 (調整) | tiáo zhěng | to adjust; to revise; to reorganize |
See also: Japanese symbol for “trim”.
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.