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优秀

yōu xiù

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 優秀

优秀 (yōu xiù) means "outstanding; excellent". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 优秀 means

1. outstanding; excellent

The characters in 优秀

• 优yōuexcellent; superior
• 秀xiù(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent…

Example sentences

• 优秀。
  Excellent.
• 你是个优秀的记者。
  You're an excellent journalist.
• 他是一个优秀的作家。
  He's an excellent author.
• 她丈夫是个优秀的厨师。
  Her husband is an excellent cook.
• 第二优秀是远远不够的。
  Second best is never enough.
• 爱迪生不是个优秀的学生。
  àidíshēng bù shì ge yōuxiù de xuésheng.
  Edison was not a bright student.

Where 优秀 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Descriptions & quality (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yōu xiù correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.