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 13516 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
See all 24 compounds (CantoDict reports 25 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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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Decimal representation of this word: 秀
Unicode code for this character: U+79c0 (off-site link)

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