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秀

xiù

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character

What 秀 means

1. bound formrefined; elegant; graceful; beautiful
2. bound formsuperior; excellent
3. loanwordshow (as in {时装秀|shí zhuāng xiù})
4. loanwordto show off; to flaunt (as in {秀厨艺|xiù chú yì})
5. literaryto grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears

Example sentences

• 优秀。
  Excellent.
• 我爱看脱口秀。
  Wǒ ài kàn tuōkǒuxiù.
  I love watching talk shows.
• 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.
• 他是我们班里的秀才。
  He is the scholar in our class.
• 她丈夫是个优秀的厨师。
  Her husband is an excellent cook.

Words starting with 秀

• 秀才xiù caia person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar…
• 秀丽xiù lìpretty; beautiful
• 秀美xiù měielegant; graceful
• 秀发xiù fàbeautiful hair
• 秀气xiù qidelicate; graceful
• 秀场xiù chǎnglive show venue
• 秀山Xiù shānXiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重庆
• 秀雅xiù yǎexquisite; in good taste
• 秀恩爱xiù ēn àito publicly display one's affection for one's partner
• 秀洲区Xiù zhōu QūXiuzhou, a district of Jiaxing City 嘉兴市
• 秀英区Xiù yīng QūXiuying, a district of Haikou City 海口市
• 秀色可餐xiù sè kě cāna feast for the eyes (idiom); (of women) gorgeous; graceful
• 秀屿区Xiù yǔ QūXiuyu, a district of Putian City 莆田市
• 秀山县Xiù shān XiànXiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重庆
• 秀峰区Xiù fēng QūXiufeng, a district of Guilin City 桂林市
• 秀外慧中xiù wài huì zhōnggood-looking and intelligent (idiom)
• 秀肌肉xiù jī ròuto flex one's muscles; (fig.) (of a person, country etc) to demonstrate one's strength
• 秀逗xiù dòuto short-circuit; (fig.) to have a mental lapse; to get one's wires crossed
• 秀珍菇xiù zhēn gūoyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
• 秀色孙鲽xiù sè sūn diéyellowtail
• 秀山土家族苗族自治县Xiù shān Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiànXiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重庆
• 秀才不出门，全知天下事xiù cai bù chū mén , quán zhī tiān xià shìa learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
• 秀才不出门，能知天下事xiù cai bù chū mén , néng zhī tiān xià shìa learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
• 秀英Xiù yīngsee 秀英区

Words containing 秀

• 优秀yōu xiùoutstanding; excellent
• 清秀qīng xiùdelicate and pretty
• 陈独秀Chén Dú xiùChen Duxiu (1879-1942), co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921
• 新秀xīn xiùrising star; new talent
• 俊秀jùn xiùwell-favored; elegant; pretty
• 作秀zuò xiùto show off (loanword, from English "show"); to grandstand; to perform in a stage show
• 闺秀guī xiùwell-bred young lady
• 眉清目秀méi qīng mù xiùpretty; with delicate features
• 一枝独秀yī zhī dú xiùlit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)…
• 后起之秀hòu qǐ zhī xiù(idiom) an up-and-coming youngster; new talent; a brilliant younger generation
• 山清水秀shān qīng shuǐ xiùlit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom); fig. enchanting scenery
• 心秀xīn xiùnot manifesting one's inner quality
• 独秀dú xiùto surpass; to stand above the crowd
• 竞秀jìng xiùto compete to be the most beautiful or impressive
• 走秀zǒu xiùa fashion show; to walk the runway (in a fashion show)
• 选秀xuǎn xiùto select talented individuals; (sports) draft
• 首秀shǒu xiùdebut
• 上菜秀shàng cài xiùdinner show; dinner and floor show
• 出菜秀chū cài xiùdinner show; dinner and floor show
• 宜秀区Yí xiù QūYixiu, a district of Anqing City 安庆市
• 工地秀gōng dì xiùconcert held at a real estate development site to attract home buyers (Tw)
• 才艺秀cái yì xiùtalent show
• 时装秀shí zhuāng xiùfashion show
• 服装秀fú zhuāng xiùfashion show

Characters that look like 秀

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

• 努nǔto exert; to strive
• 势shìpower; influence; potential
• 劳láo(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed
• 寿shòulong life; old age; age
• 秃tūbald (lacking hair or feathers); barren; bare; denuded; blunt (lacking a point)
• 畀bìto confer on; to give to

Sounds the same

Read xiù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 袖sleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
• 锈to rust
• 嗅to smell; to sniff; to nose
• 绣to embroider; embroidery
• 臭sense of smell; smell bad
• 岫cave; mountain peak
• 宿constellation
• 溴bromine (chemistry)
• 琇(jade)
• 珛quickly-deteriorating jade
• 褎sleeve; ample flowing robes
• 峀old variant of 岫

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
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