Keyword
refined
- elegant
- graceful
- flowing
- luxuriant
- Frequency
- #1125
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
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禾 (flower) gives the meaning.
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优秀
outstanding; excellent
秀
(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent; (loanword) show (as in 时装秀 (shízhuāngxiù)); (loanword) to show off; to flaunt (as in 秀厨艺 (xiùchúyì)); (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears
陈独秀
Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921
真人秀
(TV) reality show
秀才
a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent
脱口秀
(loanword) talk show; stand-up comedy
选秀
to select talented individuals; (sports) draft
新秀
rising star; new talent
秀丽
pretty; beautiful
首秀
debut
走秀
a fashion show; to walk the runway (in a fashion show)
洪秀全
Hong Xiuquan or Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (1814-1864), leader of the Taiping rebellion or Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
秀美
elegant; graceful
作秀
to show off (loanword, from English "show"); to grandstand; to perform in a stage show
清秀
delicate and pretty
秀发
beautiful hair
时装秀
fashion show
洪秀柱
Hung Hsiu-chu (1948-), Taiwanese KMT politician
一枝独秀
lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom); fig. to be in a league of one's own; outstanding
秀山
Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重庆 (Chóngqìng)
秀逗
to short-circuit; (fig.) to have a mental lapse; to get one's wires crossed; to be addled
越秀区
Yuexiu, a district of Guangzhou City 广州市 (GuǎngzhōuShì), Guangdong
秀气
delicate; graceful
俊秀
well-favored; elegant; pretty