Dictionary/秀

秀

xiù · xìu

ㄒㄧㄡˋ
HSK 4TOCFL L37 strokestop 20 by use on the map →
1(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful
2(bound form) superior; excellent
3(loanword) show (as in 時裝秀|时装秀[shi2 zhuang1 xiu4])
4(loanword) to show off; to flaunt (as in 秀廚藝|秀厨艺[xiu4 chu2 yi4])
5(literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears

Etymology

pictophonetic · flower

Radical

禾 · elegant, graceful, refined; flowing, luxuriant

Composition

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