秀

xiù

Dictionary entry

(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful

What does 秀 mean?

秀 (xiù) has the following dictionary meaning.

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

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秀xiù(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful · (bound form) superior; excellent

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秀

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