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Definitions

  1. 1. must
  2. 2. to have to
  3. 3. to wait
  4. 4. beard
  5. 5. mustache
  6. 6. feeler (of an insect etc)
  7. 7. tassel

Example Sentences

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你必 走。
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Words Containing 须

必须
bì xū

to have to

无须
wú xū

need not

须知
xū zhī

key information

胡须
hú xū

beard

不让须眉
bù ràng xū méi

(idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc

何须
hé xū

there is no need

八字胡须
bā zì hú xū
剃须刀
tì xū dāo

shaver

剃须膏
tì xū gāo

shaving cream

卷须
juǎn xū

tendril

四大须生
sì dà xū shēng

Four great beards of Beijing opera, namely: Ma Lianliang 馬連良|马连良, Tan Fuying 譚富英|谭富英, Yang Baosen 楊寶森|杨宝森, Xi Xiaobo 奚嘯伯|奚啸伯

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)

捋虎须
luō hǔ xū

lit. to stroke the tiger's whiskers

文须雀
wén xū què

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

根须
gēn xū

roots

横须贺
héng xū hè

Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)

横须贺市
héng xū hè shì

Yokosuka city and US naval base to the west of Yokohama, Japan

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

牡丹虽好,终须绿叶扶持
mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chí

Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.

臾须
yú xū

short period of time

莫须有
mò xū yǒu

groundless; baseless

蓄须明志
xù xū míng zhì

to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[méi lán fāng] growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese)

蓝须夜蜂虎
lán xū yè fēng hǔ

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

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)

触须
chù xū

tentacles

须丸
xū wán

hematite Fe2O3

须弥
xū mí

Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition

须弥山
xū mí shān

Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition

须后
xū hòu

aftershave

须后水
xū hòu shuǐ

aftershave

须根
xū gēn

fibrous roots

须臾
xū yú

in a flash

须要
xū yào

must; have to

髯须
rán xū

beard

须子
xū zi

feelers (zoology)

须毛
xū máo

whiskers

须浮鸥
xū fú ōu

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

须生
xū shēng

see 老生[lǎo shēng]

须眉
xū méi

man or men (formal)

须发
xū fà

hair and beard

须鲸
xū jīng

baleen whale

龙须糖
lóng xū táng

dragon's beard candy, a Chinese confection made from floured taffy pulled into flossy strands

龙须菜
lóng xū cài

asparagus