Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- xiù
English
- ear of grain
- (bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful
- flowering, luxuriant
- (bound form) superior; excellent
- refined, elegant, graceful
- (loanword) show (as in 時裝秀|时装秀[shi2 zhuang1 xiu4])
- (loanword) to show off; to flaunt (as in 秀廚藝|秀厨艺[xiu4 chu2 yi4])
- (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears
- elegant; beautiful
- excellent
粵語
- 優雅；
- 出色；優良
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Words containing 秀
- 新秀san1 sau3
rising star; new talent
- 秀麗sau3 lai6
pretty; beautiful
- 優秀jau1 sau3
outstanding; excellent
- 秀才sau3 coi4
a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical)
- 秀髮sau3 faat3
beautiful hair
- 選秀syun2 sau3
to select talented individuals
- 清秀cing1 sau3
delicate and pretty
- 秀出sau3 ceot1
to showcase; to show off; to flaunt
- 走秀zau2 sau3
a fashion show
- 秀逗sau3 dau6
to short-circuit
- 真人秀zan1 jan4 sau3
(TV) reality show
- 服裝秀fuk6 zong1 sau3
fashion show
- 秀珍菇sau3 zan1 gu1
oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
- 花生秀faa1 sang1 sau3
(loanword) fashion show
- 萬秀maan6 sau3
see 萬秀區|万秀区[Wan4 xiu4 Qu1]
- 作秀zok3 sau3
to show off (loanword, from English "show")
- 心秀sam1 sau3
not manifesting one's inner quality
- 金秀gam1 sau3
see 金秀瑤族自治縣|金秀瑶族自治县[Jin1 xiu4 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- 西秀sai1 sau3
see 西秀區|西秀区[Xi1 xiu4 Qu1]
- 秀場sau3 coeng4
live show venue
- 秀山sau3 saan1
Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
- 秀氣sau3 hei3
delicate
- 秀英sau3 jing1
see 秀英區|秀英区[Xiu4 ying1 Qu1]
- 華秀waa4 sau3
name of the character in a tale who keeps a ferocious dog