Xú Xī yuán
Xu Xiyuan or Hsu Hsiyuan or Barbie Hsu (1976-), Taiwan pop star and actress, F4 band member
also called 大S
Xú Bēi hóng
Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European trained painter and influential art teacher
nǚ xu
daughter's husband
son-in-law
xǔ xiān
name of a person, Xu Xian, from Madam White Snake
Kāng qiáo
Cambridge (city), from a poem by Xu Zhimo 徐誌摩|徐志摩
Xú Fú
Xu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer
Xú Zhì mó
Xu Zhimo (1897-1931), writer and poet
Shuō wén jiě zì
Shuowen, the original Han dynasty dictionary by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎
Zhāng Xù
Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书
xū xū
to pee pee (kiddie or feminine slang)
Táng shū
same as 舊唐書|旧唐书[Jiu4 Tang2 shu1], History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
xù xu
endless prattle
to chatter incessantly
wǔ dì
Five Emperors from legendary times
possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them
usually taken to be Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 Xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2], Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4]
xù xu dāo dāo
long-winded
garrulous
to talk endlessly without getting to the point
Xú Kuāng dí
Xu Kuangdi (1937-), PRC politician and former mayor of Shanghai
Jiù Táng shū
History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
Xǔ Shèn
Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字|说文解字[Shuo1 wen2 Jie3 zi4]
Zhuān xū
Zhuan Xu, one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝, grandson of Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝, trad. reigned 2513-2435 BC
Xú Jùn
Xu Jun (1962-), Chinese Chinese chess grandmaster
Xú Shì chāng
Xu Shichang (1855-1939), politician associated with the Northern Warlords, president of China in 1921
Xǔ Hǎi fēng
Xu Haifeng (1957-), PRC sharpshooter, 50m pistol gold medalist at Los Angeles 1984 Olympics
Xú Guāng qǐ
Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming dynasty
xù xù
continuous
on and on
running
Lín Xù
Lin Xu (1875-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
Xǔ Dì shān
Xu Dishan (1893-1941), journalist, publisher and novelist
Xú Xīng
Xu Xing (1969-), Chinese palaeontologist
Xu Xing (1956-), Chinese short story writer
xū xū
to pant
to gasp for breath
sūn nǚ xu
son's daughter's husband
granddaughter's husband
Jiāng nán sì dà cái zǐ
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
Xú Xuàn
Xu Xuan (-991), author of commentaries on Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字註|说文解字注[Shuo1 wen2 Jie3 zi4 Zhu4]
xù xù
kind
gracious
benevolent
warm and fine
balmy
zhí nǚ xu
brother's daughter's husband
niece's husband
wù xū liù jūn zǐ
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
Xú Zhēn qīng
Xu Zhenqing (1479-1511), Ming writer, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
Wén yuàn yīng huá
Finest blossoms in the garden of literature, Song dynasty collection of poetry, odes, songs and writings compiled during 982-986 under Li Fan 李昉, Xu Xuan 徐鉉|徐铉, Song Bai 宋白 and Su Yijian 蘇易簡|苏易简, 1000 scrolls
Liú Xù
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
Xǔ Zhòng lín
Xu Zhonglin or Chen Zhonglin 陳仲琳|陈仲琳 (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investure of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义 is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星
Bái xiāng cí pǔ
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
Xǔ
surname Xu
vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-221 BC)
Xú Jì yú
Xu Jiyu (1795-1873), Chinese geographer
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