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徐

xú

Character

What 徐 means

1. slowly
2. gently

Other readings

徐 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Xúsurname Xu

Words starting with 徐

• 徐徐xú xúslowly; gently
• 徐志摩Xú Zhì móXu Zhimo (1897-1931), writer and poet
• 徐家汇Xú jiā huìXujiahui, an area in 徐汇区
• 徐悲鸿Xú Bēi hóngXu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European-trained painter and influential art teacher
• 徐福Xú FúXu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer
• 徐克Xú KèTsui Hark (1951-), Chinese movie director and producer
• 徐汇区Xú huì qūXuhui district, central Shanghai
• 徐州市Xú zhōu ShìXuzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江苏省
• 徐俊Xú JùnXu Jun (1962-), Chinese Chinese chess grandmaster
• 徐星Xú XīngXu Xing (1969-), Chinese palaeontologist; Xu Xing (1956-), Chinese short story writer
• 徐步xú bùto stroll; to walk slowly
• 徐缓xú huǎnslow; sluggish; lazily
• 徐行xú xíngto walk slowly; to stroll
• 徐世昌Xú Shì chāngXu Shichang (1855-1939), politician associated with the Northern Warlords, president of…
• 徐光启Xú Guāng qǐXu Guangqi (1562-1633), agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming…
• 徐水区Xú shuǐ QūXushui, a district of Baoding City 保定市
• 徐闻县Xú wén XiànXuwen, a county in Zhanjiang City 湛江市
• 徐娘半老Xú niáng bàn lǎomiddle-aged but still attractive woman; lady of a certain age
• 徐霞客Xú Xiá kèXu Xiake (1587-1641), Ming dynasty travel writer and geographer, author of Xu Xiake's…
• 徐熙媛Xú Xī yuánBarbie Hsu (1976–2025), Taiwanese entertainer, nicknamed 大SDà S
• 徐霞客游记Xú Xiá kè Yóu jìXu Xiake's Travel Diaries, a book of travel records by 徐霞客
• 徐渭Xú WèiXu Wei (1521-1593), Ming dynasty Chinese painter and author
• 徐匡迪Xú Kuāng díXu Kuangdi (1937-), PRC politician and former mayor of Shanghai
• 徐铉Xú XuànXu Xuan (-991), author of commentaries on Shuowen Jiezi 说文解字注

Words containing 徐

• 林则徐Lín Zé xúLin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium…
• 清徐县Qīng xú XiànQingxu, a county in Taiyuan City 太原市
• 不疾不徐bù jí bù xúneither too fast nor too slow (idiom)
• 半老徐娘bàn lǎo Xú niángmiddle-aged but still attractive woman; lady of a certain age
• 清徐Qīng xúsee 清徐县

Characters built on 余

These share the phonetic component 余 (yú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 除chúto get rid of; to remove; to exclude
• 途túway; route; road
• 叙xùto narrate; to chat
• 涂túto apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub
• 馀Yúsurname Yu
• 荼túthistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste)
• 蜍chúBufo vulgaris; toad
• 狳yúused in 犰狳

Characters that look like 徐

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 段duànparagraph; section; segment
• 捷jiévictory; triumph; quick
• 猜cāito guess
• 胎tāifetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding)
• 捂wǔto enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 捅tǒngto poke; to jab; to give (sb) a nudge; to prod; to disclose; to reveal