须 (須) xū

1. xū adverb necessary; must
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Traditional: 須 (Unihan '須')
2. xū noun beard; whiskers
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 鬚; in the sense of 胡须 (Guoyu '鬚' n 1; Unihan '鬚')
3. xū auxiliary verb must
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Traditional: 須; in the sense of 需要 (Guoyu '須' v 3)
4. xū verb to wait
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 須; in the sense of 等待 (Guoyu '須' v 1)
5. xū noun moment
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 須; in the sense of 片刻 (Guoyu '須' n 2; Unihan '須')
6. xū noun whiskers
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 須; in the sense of 胡须 (Guoyu '須' n 1; Unihan '須')
7. xū proper noun Xu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: Traditional: 須(Guoyu '須' n 3)
8. xū verb to be slow
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 須; in the sense of 迟缓 (Guoyu '須' v 2)
9. xū adverb should
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 須; in the sense of 应当 (Guoyu '須' adv 1)
10. xū verb to stop
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 須; in the sense of 止 (Guoyu '須' v 4)
11. xū verb to use
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 須; in the sense of 用 (Guoyu '須' v 5)
12. xū verb to be; is
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 須; in the sense of 是 (Guoyu '須' v 6)
13. xū adverb in the end; after all
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 須; in the sense of 终究 (Guoyu '須' adv 2)
14. xū adverb roughly; approximately
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 須; in the sense of 大概 (Guoyu '須' adv 3)
15. xū conjunction but; yet; however
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 須; in the sense of 却 (Guoyu '須' conj)
16. xū noun tentacles; feelers; antennae
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 鬚; for an animal, in the sense of 触须 (Guoyu '鬚' n 2)
17. xū noun a fine stem
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 鬚; for a plant, in the sense of 细根 (Guoyu '鬚' n 3)
18. xū adjective fine; slender; whisker-like
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 鬚; in the sense of 细 (Guoyu '鬚' adj)

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• 溜须拍马(溜鬚拍馬) to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom; to use flatter to get what one wants; to toady
• 须丸(須丸) hematite Fe2O3
• 臾须(臾須) short period of time; a moment
• 须要(須要) must have
• 须浮鸥(鬚浮鷗) whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
• 横须贺(橫須賀) Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)
• 巾帼须眉(巾幗鬚眉) woman with a manly spirit
• 全须全尾儿(全鬚全尾兒) intact; in one piece
• 龙须(龍鬚) Chinese alpine rush
• 无须(無須) to need not; not obliged to; not necessarily
• 帐须(帳鬚) curtain fringe
• 须生(鬚生) venerable middle-aged or elderly man
• 解铃还须系铃人(解鈴還須繫鈴人) whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it; whoever started the trouble should end it
• 根须(根鬚) roots
• 须子(鬚子) feelers ; tassel
• 应须(應須) should
• 何须(何須) why should; there is no need
• 蓝须夜蜂虎(藍鬚夜蜂虎) blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)
• 须眉(鬚眉) man; men
• 卷须(卷鬚) tendril ; tendril
• 须是(須是) certainly ; must ; always
• 须知(須知) instructions; a notice ; information that should be known
• 须发(鬚髮) hair and beard
• 捋须(捋須) stroked his whiskers
• 八字胡须(八字鬍鬚) mustache shaped like character 八
• 胡须(鬍鬚) a beard
• 文须雀(文鬚雀) bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus)
• 须后水(須後水) aftershave
• 四大须生(四大鬚生) Four great beards in opera
• 须后(須後) aftershave
• 不须(不須) not needed
• 布须曼人(布須曼人) bushman (African ethnic group)
• 须毛(鬚毛) whiskers; mustache
• 剃须刀(剃鬚刀) shaver; razor
• 兵出须名(兵出須名) had to give their military expeditions justification
• 蓄须明志(蓄鬚明志) to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination
• 触须(觸鬚) tentacles; feelers; antennae
• 些须(些須) a little
• 髯须(髯鬚) beard; whiskers
• 须根(須根) fibrous roots
• 不让须眉(不讓鬚眉) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc; to be a match for men; not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)
• 莫须有(莫須有) groundless; baseless
• 必须(必須) to have to; must
• 髭须(髭鬚) a mustache
• 剃须膏(剃鬚膏) shaving cream
• 须臾(須臾) a moment ; a moment
• 捋虎须(捋虎鬚) to stroke a tiger's whiskers
• 牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持(牡丹雖好，終須綠葉扶持) Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves . However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.

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