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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
xiù - (bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful
- (bound form) superior; excellent
- (loanword) show
- (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 1,215 1,896 1,291

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Semantic:

Hint:

Flower

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 1,215 1,896 1,291
优秀 4 4 1,846 1,534 2,199
秀发 - - 14,462 18,499 11,777
秀雅 - - 17,854 86,809 80,146
后起之秀 - - 23,497 37,457 57,397
新秀 - - 23,515 13,196 21,306
选秀 - - 30,699 - -
作秀 - - 34,858 - -
秀丽 - 9 35,878 15,983 17,057
秀美 - 9 37,278 21,447 18,528
俊秀 - - 46,539 28,380 13,135
秀英 - - 47,063 - -
才艺秀 - - 47,849 - -
闺秀 - - 57,272 98,210 73,993
眉清目秀 - - 59,396 52,881 35,984
越秀 - - 62,939 - -
秀才 - - 63,904 20,471 20,338
清秀 - - 64,856 21,711 18,144
秀气 - - 66,804 31,900 19,924
娟秀 - - 84,975 77,250 74,660
一枝独秀 - - 92,506 30,582 39,186