须 - xū - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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9 strokes
Simplified

须 ( 須, 鬚 )

xū

Definition

must
to have to
to wait
beard
mustache
feeler (of an insect etc)
tassel

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

媭

xū

(dialect) elder sister (old)

Related words (35)

hematite Fe2O3

hair and beard

aftershave

feelers (zoology); tassel (botany)

fibrous roots

whiskers; mustache

see 老生

man or men (formal)

key information; instructions; it must be borne in mind

须臾

xū yú

in a flash; in a jiffy

must; have to

baleen whale; Mysticeti

aftershave

(bird species of China) whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida)

何须

hé xū

there is no need; why should

tendril

must; to have to; compulsory; necessarily

无须

wú xū

need not; not obliged to; not necessarily

roots

beard

short period of time; a moment

触须

chù xū

tentacles; feelers; antennae

beard; whiskers

shaver; razor

shaving cream

(lit.) to stroke the tiger's whiskers; to do sth very daring

文须雀

wén xū què

(bird species of China) bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus)

groundless; baseless

asparagus; (Taiwan) young shoots of the chayote vine 佛手瓜

八字胡须

bā zì hú xū

mustache shaped like character 八

巾帼须眉

jīn guó xū méi

woman with a manly spirit

布须曼人

bù xū màn rén

bushman (African ethnic group)

蓄须明志

xù xū míng zhì

to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅兰芳 growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese)

全须全尾儿

quán xū quán yǐ r

(Beijing dialect) intact; in one piece

蓝须夜蜂虎

lán xū yè fēng hǔ

(bird species of China) blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)

Idioms (3)

不让须眉

bù ràng xū méi

(idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc; to be a match for men; (lit.) not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)

溜须拍马

liū xū pāi mǎ

to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants; to toady; boot-licking

解铃还须系铃人

jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén

(lit.) whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom); (fig.) whoever started the trouble should end it

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