秀	1158A05   90.50	部居	畫數  7	ㄒㄧㄡˋ [xiu4] .
V	To put forth flower: 秀而不實 (AC) put forth flower but bear no fruit.
Adj	Delicate, frail and beautiful, distinguished, refined: 優秀學生 students with excellent records; 清秀 beautiful and slender (girl), clean, pleasant (face), refined (talent); 秀外慧中 (of girl) clear-eyed and intelligent; 秀才, 秀女 [xiu4cai2], [xiu4nU3]↓.
Words	1.秀拔 [xiu4ba2], adj., (callig.) graceful and distinguished.  2.秀氣 [xiu4qi4], n., (1)  serene air of landscape; refined air of person; (2)  ([xiu4qi0]) adj., refined, delicate, well-made (article).  3.秀出 [xiu4chu1], v.i., excel, be distinguished, see [xiu4ba2]↑.  4.秀發 [xiu4fa1], adj., distinguished-looking.  5.秀麗 [xiu4li4], adj., delicate, graceful.  6.秀茂 [xiu4mao4], adj., (of talent) rich, blooming.  7.秀美 [xiu4mei3], adj., beautiful, pretty.  8.秀眉 [xiu4mei2], n., (1)  delicate eyebrows; (2)  a few especially long pieces of hair in eyebrow in some elderly person.  9.秀女 [xiu4nU3], n., (1)  formerly, girl working in the imperial court; (2)  a young girl.  10.秀色 [xiu4se4], n., prettiness: 秀色可餐 a beauty to feast one's eyes on.  11.秀士 [xiu4shi4], n., (1)  a bachelor of arts; (2)  a well-cultivated young man.  12.秀才 [xiu4cai2], n., formerly, a bachelor of arts or graduate of first degree: 秀才人情 gift by scholars, which are not expensive, but consist of some scroll of writing or painting; 窮秀才，不通秀才 (contempt.) a poor schoar (usu. a village teacher who does not know much except a rigmarole knowledge of a few Confucian classics).  13.秀雅 [xiu4ya3], adj., elegant, refined.