秀

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: siu3
POJ: siù
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

adjective: beautiful; elegant; graceful, outstanding; prominent
秀

Two distinct character sections (classical adjective sense 'beautiful/outstanding' vs. the modern noun sense 'show', as in 作秀/脫口秀) share the identical Teochew reading; the classical adjective sense was picked as primary.

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