秀
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(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent; (loanword) show (as in 時裝秀|时装秀[shi2 zhuang1 xiu4]); (loanword) to show off; to flaunt (as in 秀廚藝|秀厨艺[xiu4 chu2 yi4]); (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears
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- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 禾 +2
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 秀
- Common rank
- #924
- Unicode
- U+79C0
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Formation & memory
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Words with 秀
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 秀才不出门，全知天下事 | a 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 | a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom) | |
| 山明水秀 | lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom); fig. enchanting scenery | |
| 秀山土家族苗族自治县 | Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] | |
| 山清水秀 | lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom); fig. enchanting scenery | |
| 秀山县 | Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] | |
| 金秀县 | see 金秀瑤族自治縣|金秀瑶族自治县[Jin1 xiu4 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] | |
| 花生秀 | (loanword) fashion show | |
| 西秀区 | Xixiu, a district of Anshun City 安順市|安顺市[An1 shun4 Shi4], Guizhou | |
| 后起之秀 | (idiom) an up-and-coming youngster; new talent; a brilliant younger generation | |
| 工地秀 | concert held at a real estate development site to attract home buyers (Tw) | |
| 罗一秀 | Luo Yixiu (1889-1910), Mao Zedong's first wife | |
| 青秀区 | Qingxiu, a district of Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市[Nan2 ning2 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 万秀区 | Wanxiu, a district of Wuzhou City 梧州市[Wu2 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 上菜秀 | dinner show; dinner and floor show | |
| 处子秀 | debut (by a male performer or sports player) | |
| 出菜秀 | dinner show; dinner and floor show | |
| 电视秀 | TV show | |
| 真人秀 | (TV) reality show | |
| 时装秀 | fashion show |
Sound family
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