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Meaning of 秀

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Setting
秀HSK 4
Pinyin: xiù
English Definition: handsome; refined; elegant; graceful; superior; show (loanword); Classifiers: 场 ; (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of crops) to produce ears
Chinese Definition:
①植物吐穗开花，多指庄稼：秀穗。秀而不实(喻人很聪明，却未做出实际成绩)。苗而不秀(喻人早死或虚有其表)。
②特别优异的，亦指特别优异的人：秀异。秀才。优秀。后起之秀。
③美丽而不俗气：秀丽。秀劲。秀俊。秀拔(秀丽而挺拔)。清秀。秀外慧中(外貌俊美，内心聪明)。
④中国元明两代称贵族、官僚、富室子弟(称平民子弟为“郎”)：不郎不秀(喻不成材或没出息)。
⑤茂盛：佳木秀而繁荫。
Total strokes: 7; Radical: 禾
Pictophonetic:壽 indicates the sound; 禾 (flower) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 禾 [ hé ] cereal, grain, rice; plant, stalk
    • 乃 [ nǎi ] then; really, indeed, after all
Similar Characters: 禿
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Example Words
优秀HSK 4 yōu xiù outstanding; excellent
秀美 xiù měi elegant; graceful
秀丽 xiù lì pretty; beautiful
清秀 qīng xiù delicate and pretty
山清水秀 shān qīng shuǐ xiù lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom); fig. enchanting scenery
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Example Sentences
1
tā
他
de
的
chéng jì
成绩
jiào
较
yōu xiù
优秀
。
His grades are relatively good.
2
zhè
这
zǔ
组
xué sheng
学生
dōu
都
hěn
很
yōu xiù
优秀
。
This group of students are all excellent.
3
tā
她
shì
是
yī wèi
一位
yōu xiù
优秀
de
的
jiào shī
教师
。
She is an excellent teacher.
4
tā
他
shì
是
yī gè
一个
yōu xiù
优秀
de
的
chéng xù yuán
程序员
。
He is an excellent programmer.
5
wǒ
我
zhōu wéi
周围
de
的
tóng xué
同学
dōu
都
hěn
很
yōu xiù
优秀
。
All my classmates around me are excellent.
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