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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
虛 xū	虛 \| 虛* \| *虛	emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain	虚 HSK 7-9


序 xù	序 \| 序* \| *序	(bound form) order; sequence / (bound form) introductory; initial / preface	HSK 7-9


須 xū	須 \| 須* \| *須	must / to have to / to wait	须 HSK 7-9


續 xù	續 \| 續* \| *續	to continue / to replenish	续 HSK 7-9


許 xǔ	許 \| 許* \| *許	to allow / to permit / to promise / to praise / somewhat / perhaps	许 HSK 7-9


需 xū	需 \| 需* \| *需	to require / to need / to want / necessity / need	HSK 7-9


鬚 xū	鬚 \| 鬚* \| *鬚	beard / mustache / feeler (of an insect etc) / tassel	须 HSK 7-9


徐鉉 Xú Xuàn	徐鉉 \| 徐鉉* \| *徐鉉	Xu Xuan (-991), author of commentaries on Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字註｜说文解字注	徐铉


胥 xū	胥 \| 胥* \| *胥	all / assist / to store


胥 Xū	胥 \| 胥* \| *胥	surname Xu


徐福 Xú Fú	徐福 \| 徐福* \| *徐福	Xu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer


戌 xū	戌 \| 戌* \| *戌	11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog / ancient Chinese compass point: 300°


許廑父 Xǔ Qínfù	許廑父 \| 許廑父* \| *許廑父	Xu Qinfu (1891-1953), journalist and writer	许廑父


魆 xū	魆 \| 魆* \| *魆	dim; dark / sudden / surreptitious / Taiwan pr. [xu4]


墟 xū	墟 \| 墟* \| *墟	ruins / (literary) village / variant of 圩 / country fair


欨 xū	欨 \| 欨* \| *欨	(literary) to blow or breathe upon / happy


旭 xù	旭 \| 旭* \| *旭	dawn / rising sun


畜 xù	畜 \| 畜* \| *畜	to raise (animals)


蓄 xù	蓄 \| 蓄* \| *蓄	to store up / to grow (e.g. a beard) / to entertain (ideas)


林旭 Lín Xù	林旭 \| 林旭* \| *林旭	Lin Xu (1875-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898


敘 Xù	敘 \| 敘* \| *敘	abbr. for Syria 敘利亞｜叙利亚	叙


敘 xù	敘 \| 敘* \| *敘	to narrate / to chat	叙


許 Xǔ	許 \| 許* \| *許	surname Xu	许


徐霞客遊記 Xú Xiákè Yóujì	徐霞客遊記 \| 徐霞客遊記* \| *徐霞客遊記	Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries, a book of travel records by 徐霞客 on geology, geography, plants etc	徐霞客游记


訹 xù	訹 \| 訹* \| *訹	to beguile with false stories


婿 xù	婿 \| 婿* \| *婿	son-in-law / husband


裇 xū	裇 \| 裇* \| *裇	see T裇


恤 xù	恤 \| 恤* \| *恤	anxiety / sympathy / to sympathize / to give relief / to compensate


徐 xú	徐 \| 徐* \| *徐	slowly / gently


徐 Xú	徐 \| 徐* \| *徐	surname Xu


絮 xù	絮 \| 絮* \| *絮	cotton wadding / fig. padding / long-winded


緒 xù	緒 \| 緒* \| *緒	beginnings / clues / mental state / thread	绪


煦 xù	煦 \| 煦* \| *煦	balmy / nicely warm / cozy / Taiwan pr. [xu3]


慉 xù	慉 \| 慉* \| *慉	to foster / to bear


卹 xù	卹 \| 卹* \| *卹	anxiety / sympathy / to sympathize / to give relief / to compensate	恤


圩 xū	圩 \| 圩* \| *圩	(dialect) country fair / country market


喣 xǔ	喣 \| 喣* \| *喣	to breathe upon


徐志摩 Xú Zhìmó	徐志摩 \| 徐志摩* \| *徐志摩	Xu Zhimo (1897-1931), writer and poet


徐光啟 Xú Guāngqǐ	徐光啟 \| 徐光啟* \| *徐光啟	Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming dynasty	徐光启


舊唐書 Jiù Tángshū	舊唐書 \| 舊唐書* \| *舊唐書	History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫｜刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉｜后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls	旧唐书


說文解字 Shuōwén Jiězì	說文解字 \| 說文解字* \| *說文解字	Shuowen Jiezi, the earliest systematic Chinese character dictionary, compiled by Xu Shen 許慎｜许慎 in the Eastern Han dynasty (2nd century), containing 10,516 entries	说文解字


康橋 Kāngqiáo	康橋 \| 康橋* \| *康橋	Cambridge (city), from a poem by Xu Zhimo 徐志摩	康桥


詡 xǔ	詡 \| 詡* \| *詡	to brag / popular / lovely	诩


栩 xǔ	栩 \| 栩* \| *栩	used in 栩栩 / jolcham oak (Quercus serrata)


呴 xū	呴 \| 呴* \| *呴	breathe on / yawn / roar


歔 xū	歔 \| 歔* \| *歔	to snort


嬃 xū	嬃 \| 嬃* \| *嬃	(dialect) elder sister (old)	媭


頊 Xū	頊 \| 頊* \| *頊	surname Xu / Taiwan pr. [Xu4]	顼


頊 xū	頊 \| 頊* \| *頊	used in 顓頊｜颛顼 / used in 頊頊｜顼顼 / Taiwan pr. [xu4]	顼


緖 xù	緖 \| 緖* \| *緖	variant of 緒｜绪


繻 xū	繻 \| 繻* \| *繻	multicolored silk / piece of silk torn in two, used to verify the holder's identity by matching up the two halves	𦈡


侐 xù	侐 \| 侐* \| *侐	still / silent


勖 xù	勖 \| 勖* \| *勖	exhort / stimulate


漵 xù	漵 \| 漵* \| *漵	name of a river	溆


藇 Xù	藇 \| 藇* \| *藇	surname Xu


藇 xù	藇 \| 藇* \| *藇	beautiful


魖 xū	魖 \| 魖* \| *魖	used in 黑魖魖


芧 xù	芧 \| 芧* \| *芧	Scirpis maritimus / small chestnut


冔 xǔ	冔 \| 冔* \| *冔	cap of Yin dynasty


砉 xū	砉 \| 砉* \| *砉	sound of flaying


戊戌六君子 Wùxū Liùjūnzǐ	戊戌六君子 \| 戊戌六君子* \| *戊戌六君子	the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同｜谭嗣同, Lin Xu 林旭, Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀｜杨深秀, Liu Guangdi 劉光第｜刘光第, Kang Guangren 康廣仁｜康广仁 and Yang Rui 楊銳｜杨锐


藚 xù	藚 \| 藚* \| *藚	Alisma plantago


蝑 xū	蝑 \| 蝑* \| *蝑	used in 蜙蝑


醑 xǔ	醑 \| 醑* \| *醑	spiritus / strain spirits


勗 xù	勗 \| 勗* \| *勗	exhort / stimulate


盱 xū	盱 \| 盱* \| *盱	anxious / stare


盱 Xū	盱 \| 盱* \| *盱	surname Xu


湑 xǔ	湑 \| 湑* \| *湑	abundant / bright / strain spirits


嬬 xū	嬬 \| 嬬* \| *嬬	mistress, concubine / weak


酗 xù	酗 \| 酗* \| *酗	drunk


訏 xū	訏 \| 訏* \| *訏	to boast / great / large	𬣙


旴 xū	旴 \| 旴* \| *旴	dawn


吁 xū	吁 \| 吁* \| *吁	sh / hush


欻 xū	欻 \| 欻* \| *欻	suddenly / also pr. [hu1]


洫 xù	洫 \| 洫* \| *洫	to ditch / a moat


蓿 xù	蓿 \| 蓿* \| *蓿	clover / lucerne / Taiwan pr. [su4]


鑐 xū	鑐 \| 鑐* \| *鑐	bolt of a Chinese lock


諝 xū	諝 \| 諝* \| *諝	(literary) ability and wisdom / scheme / stratagem	谞


敍 xù	敍 \| 敍* \| *敍	variant of 敘｜叙	叙


糈 xǔ	糈 \| 糈* \| *糈	official pay / sacrificial rice


珝 xǔ	珝 \| 珝* \| *珝	a kind of jade


鱮 xù	鱮 \| 鱮* \| *鱮	Hypophthalmichthys moritrix


壻 xù	壻 \| 壻* \| *壻	variant of 婿	婿


殈 xù	殈 \| 殈* \| *殈	damage egg so it does not hatch


虗 xū	虗 \| 虗* \| *虗	old variant of 虛｜虚


続 xù	続 \| 続* \| *続	Japanese variant of 續｜续


昫 xù	昫 \| 昫* \| *昫	variant of 煦 / balmy / nicely warm / cozy


垿 xù	垿 \| 垿* \| *垿	earthern goblet stand also known as 反坫 (old) / old variant of 序


賉 xù	賉 \| 賉* \| *賉	variant of 恤	恤


張旭 Zhāng Xù	張旭 \| 張旭* \| *張旭	Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書｜草书	张旭


唐書 Tángshū	唐書 \| 唐書* \| *唐書	same as 舊唐書｜旧唐书, History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫｜刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉｜后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls	唐书


徐渭 Xú Wèi	徐渭 \| 徐渭* \| *徐渭	Xu Wei (1521-1593), Ming dynasty Chinese painter and author


徐世昌 Xú Shìchāng	徐世昌 \| 徐世昌* \| *徐世昌	Xu Shichang (1855-1939), politician associated with the Northern Warlords, president of China in 1921


江南四大才子 Jiāngnánsìdàcáizǐ	江南…才子 \| 江南…才子* \| *江南…才子	Four great southern talents of the Ming, namely: Tang Bohu 唐伯虎, Zhu Zhishan 祝枝山, Wen Zhengming 文徵明｜文征明 and Xu Zhenqing 徐禎卿｜徐祯卿


劉昫 Liú Xù	劉昫 \| 劉昫* \| *劉昫	Liu Xu (887-946), politician in Later Jin of the Five Dynasties 後晉｜后晋, compiled History of Early Tang Dynasty 舊唐書｜旧唐书	刘昫


文苑英華 Wényuàn Yīnghuá	文苑英華 \| 文苑英華* \| *文苑英華	Finest Blossoms in the Garden of Literature, Song dynasty collection of poetry, odes, songs and writings compiled during 982-986 under Li Fang 李昉, Xu Xuan 徐鉉｜徐铉, Song Bai 宋白 and Su Yijian 蘇易簡｜苏易简, 1000 scrolls	文苑英华


徐禎卿 Xú Zhēnqīng	徐禎卿 \| 徐禎卿* \| *徐禎卿	Xu Zhenqing (1479-1511), Ming writer, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子	徐祯卿


徐繼畬 Xú Jìyú	徐繼畬 \| 徐繼畬* \| *徐繼畬	Xu Jiyu (1795–1873), Chinese geographer	徐继畬


徐匡迪 Xú Kuāngdí	徐匡迪 \| 徐匡迪* \| *徐匡迪	Xu Kuangdi (1937-), PRC politician and former mayor of Shanghai


白香詞譜 Báixiāngcípǔ	白香詞譜 \| 白香詞譜* \| *白香詞譜	Anthology of ci poems tunes (1795), edited by Xu Menglan 舒夢蘭｜舒梦兰, with 100 accessible poems from Tang through to Qing times	白香词谱

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