秀 (sau3 | xiu4) : elegant; outstanding

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秀

sau3

xiu4

[1] elegant; beautiful; graceful
[2] outstanding; excellent; standout
[3] clever; intelligent; brilliant
[4] [普] show [English transliteration]
[5] (of grain crops) put forth flowers or ears

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Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 禾 (#115)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

秀

This word has been viewed 10150 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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優秀 jau1 sau3 you1 xiu4 = outstanding; excellent

秀麗 sau3 lai6 xiu4 li4 = beautiful; pretty

脫口秀 tyut3 hau2 sou3 tuo1 kou3 xiu4 = a talkshow (as loanword)

華秀 waa4 sau3 = [n] an extremely greedy person

閨秀 gwai1 sau3 gui1 xiu4 = a well-educated girl brought up in a good family; elegant society ladies

作秀 zok3 sau3 = [n][台] a show (as loanword)

新秀 san1 sau3 xin1 xiu4 = a rising star (e.g., in entertainment, sports, etc.)

真人秀 zan1 jan4 sau3 zhen1 ren2 xiu4 = tv reality, reality show

狼過華秀隻狗 long4 gwo3 waa4 sau3 zek3 gau2 lang2 guo4 hua2 xiu4 zhi1 gou3 = very cruel and heartless; even more vicious than Waa Sau's dog 粵

俊秀 zeon3 sau3 jun4 xiu4 = pretty and delicate

清秀 cing1 sau3 qing1 xiu4 = delicate and pretty

越秀公園 jyut6 sau3 gung1 jyun4*2 yue4 xiu4 gong1 yuan2 = Yuexiu Park

曼秀雷敦 maan6 sau3 leoi4 deon1 = Mentholatum

鄭秀文 zeng6 sau3 man4 zheng4 xiu4 wen2 = Sammi Cheng

藝術秀 ngai6 seot6 sau3 yi4 shu4 xiu4 = art show

豆豆秀 dau6 dau6*2 sau3 dou4 dou4 xiu4 = Mr. Bean

大青蛙布偶秀 daai6 cing1 waa1 bou3 ngau5 sau3 da4 qing1 wa1 bu4 ou3 xiu4 = The Muppet Show

秀才 sau3 coi4*2 xiu4 cai5 = scholar

金秀瑤族自治縣 gam1 sau3 jiu4 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6 jin1 xiu4 Yao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4 = Jinxiu Yaozu autonomous county (county in Guangxi)

陳秀雯 can4 sau3 man4 chen2 xiu4 wen2 = Amy Chan Sau Man

關秀媚 gwaan1 sau3 mei6 guan1 xiu4 mei4 = Suki Kwan (a.k.a., Shooky Kwan)

苗可秀 miu4 ho2 sau3 miao2 ke3 xiu4 = Nora Miao

王秀琪 wong4 sau3 kei4 wang2 xiu4 qi2 = Pegy Wang Hsiu-Chi

王秀琳 wong4 sau3 lam4 wang2 xiu4 lin2 = Mango Wong

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Unicode code for this character: U+79c0 (off-site link)

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