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[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 Default PoS: Additional PoS: Stroke count: 7
Level: 3
Radical: 禾 (#115)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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優秀 jau1 sau3 = outstanding; excellent 秀麗 sau3 lai6 = beautiful; pretty 脫口秀 tyut3 hau2 sou3 = a talkshow (as loanword) 華秀 waa4 sau3 = [n] an extremely greedy person 閨秀 gwai1 sau3 = 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 = a rising star (e.g., in entertainment, sports, etc.) 真人秀 zan1 jan4 sau3 = tv reality, reality show 狼過華秀隻狗 long4 gwo3 waa4 sau3 zek3 gau2 = very cruel and heartless; even more vicious than Waa Sau's dog 粵 俊秀 zeon3 sau3 = pretty and delicate See all 24 compounds (CantoDict reports 25 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Legend 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. |