秀

xiùdictionary entry

(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful / (bound form) superior; excellent / (loanword) show (as in 時裝秀|时装秀[shí zhuāng xiù]) / (loanword) to show off; to flaunt (as in 秀廚藝|秀厨艺[xiù chú yì]) / (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears

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Original source entry:

秀 秀 [xiu4] /(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful/(bound form) superior; excellent/(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/

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