秀U+79C07 STROKES
Entry·pron. xiù
ㄒㄧㄡˋ
“Elegant; refined; graceful; beautiful; excellent; superior; to grow; to bloom; to produce ears of grain; to show; to perform.”
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- 優秀ㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄡˋoutstanding; excellent; exceptionally good; superior in ability or quality; top-performing
- 洪秀柱ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄓㄨˋHung Hsiu-chu (born 1948), a Taiwanese politician affiliated with the Kuomintang (KMT).
- 秀吉ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧˊgiven name of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a famous Japanese historical figure; also a common Japanese personal name
- 選秀ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋto select talented individuals; (sports) draft; (Taiwan) talent show or audition program
- 新秀ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄡˋrising star; new talent; a recently emerged outstanding person
- 光秀ㄍㄨㄤ ㄒㄧㄡˋpersonal name; notably Akechi Mitsuhide, a Japanese samurai general who betrayed Oda Nobunaga in 1582.
- 秀出ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄔㄨto stand out as elegant or outstanding; to be remarkably beautiful or distinguished
- 走秀ㄗㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋto walk a fashion runway; a fashion show; a model's runway walk
- 秀才ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄘㄞˊa talented or gifted scholar; a person of outstanding literary ability; in imperial China, a candidate who passed the county-level civil service examination
- 大秀ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋa major show or performance; a big public display; a grand presentation
- 呂秀蓮ㄌㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊLu Hsiu-lien; Taiwanese politician; former vice president of the Republic of China (Taiwan); prominent figure in Taiwan's democracy and women's rights movements.
- 秀麗ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄧˋelegant and beautiful; gracefully attractive
- 清秀ㄑㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄡˋdelicate and attractive; refined and pretty in appearance
- 作秀ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋto perform or put on a show; to make a public appearance to attract attention or show off
- 秀場ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄔㄤˇvenue for live public song-and-dance performances; show stage
- 秀傳ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊTaiwanese private hospital chain founded by the Show family; refers to Show Chwan Memorial Hospital and its affiliated medical institutions
- 陳郁秀ㄔㄣˊ ㄩˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋChen Yuyu (1949–), Taiwanese pianist and politician; former minister of culture, chair of Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation, and wife of former premier Chang Chun-hsiung
- 陳獨秀ㄔㄣˊ ㄉㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄡˋChen Duxiu (1879–1942), Chinese intellectual and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party; key figure in the May Fourth Movement
- 豐臣秀吉ㄈㄥ ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧˊToyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598), Japanese daimyo and statesman who unified Japan; invaded Korea in the late 16th century
- 秀髮ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄈㄚˇbeautiful hair; a woman's lovely hair
- 煙火秀ㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋfireworks display; fireworks show
- 脫口秀ㄊㄨㄛ ㄎㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋtalk show; comedic monologue or variety performance featuring witty spoken commentary
- 處女秀ㄔㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋfirst public performance; debut show
- 劉秀ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄡˋEmperor Guangwu of Han (6 BC–AD 57), founder of the Eastern Han dynasty and restorer of Han rule; also an alternative name of the Han scholar Liu Xin
- 秀林鄉ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤrural township in Hualien County, Taiwan; the largest township in Taiwan by area, located in the east, predominantly populated by the Truku indigenous people
- 真人秀ㄓㄣ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄡˋreality show; unscripted television program featuring real people in everyday or competitive situations
- 秀拉ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄚGeorges Seurat (1859–1891), French post-Impressionist painter and draftsman
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