湘绣

xiāng xiù

Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 粵繡|粤绣[Yue4 xiu4] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shu3 xiu4])

xiāng

abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China

xiù

to embroider; embroidery