清秀

Chinese

		elegant; refined (清雅)	to ear; beautiful; elegant to ear; beautiful; elegant; outstanding; to show; to display; show
trad. (清秀)		清	秀
simp. ^#(清秀)		清	秀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngxiù

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄒㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ sau³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-siù

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīngxiù
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄒㄧㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cingsiòu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-hsiu⁴
  - Yale: chīng-syòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingshiow
  - Palladius: цинсю (cinsju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ sau³
  - Yale: chīng sau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ sau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ seo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-siù
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-siù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhengsiux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siu²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ siu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siu²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siu¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siu²¹/

Adjective

清秀

delicate and pretty
面貌清秀 ― miànmào qīngxiù ― to have delicate features

Synonyms

俊 (jùn)
俊俏 (jùnqiào) (attractive and smart)
俊秀 (jùnxiù)
俊美 (jùnměi) (of a young male)
俏麗 / 俏丽 (qiàolì) (usually of a female)
奇麗 / 奇丽 (qílì) (singularly beautiful)
好看 (hǎokàn)
妖嬌 / 妖娇 (iau-kiau) (Hokkien)
妍美 (yánměi) (literary)
姣美 (jiāoměi) (formal, of a face or posture)
嬌豔 / 娇艳 (jiāoyàn) (delicate and charming)
嬌逸 / 娇逸 (jiāoyì) (literary, of a young male)
悅目 / 悦目 (yuèmù)
是樣 / 是样 (shìyàng) (colloquial)
標緻 / 标致 (biāozhì) (usually of a woman)
漂亮
秀媚 (xiùmèi)
秀美 (xiùměi)
秀麗 / 秀丽 (xiùlì)
綺麗 / 绮丽 (qǐlì)
繁華 / 繁华 (fánhuá) (literary)
美觀 / 美观 (měiguān)
美麗 / 美丽 (měilì)
耐看 (nàikàn)
花花 (huāhuā) (literary)
豔麗 / 艳丽 (yànlì)
邊式 / 边式 (biānshi) (regional, of dress, physique, etc.)
體面 / 体面 (tǐmiàn)
鮮亮 / 鲜亮 (xiānliàng) (dialectal)
鮮麗 / 鲜丽 (xiānlì)

Derived terms

清清秀秀
眉清目秀 (méiqīngmùxiù)
面目清秀