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Usage of the character 徐

[徐]
  • slowly
  • gently
[徐]
  • surname Xu
Xú Xuàn
徐铉
[徐鉉]
  • Xu Xuan (-991), author of commentaries on Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字註/说文解字注 ( Shuōwén Jiězì Zhù)
Xúzhōu
徐州
[徐州]
  • Xuzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu
xúbù
徐步
[徐步]
  • to stroll
  • to walk slowly
Xú Fú
徐福
[徐福]
  • Xu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer
Xú Wèi
徐渭
[徐渭]
  • Xu Wei (1521-1593), Ming dynasty Chinese painter and author
xúhuǎn
徐缓
[徐緩]
  • slow
  • sluggish
  • lazily
  • to slow down
Xúshuǐ
徐水
[徐水]
  • Xushui county in Baoding 保定 ( Bǎodìng), Hebei
Xúwén
徐闻
[徐聞]
  • Xuwen county in Zhanjiang 湛江 ( Zhànjiāng), Guangdong
xúxú
徐徐
[徐徐]
  • slowly
  • gently
Xú Jùn
徐俊
[徐俊]
  • Xu Jun (1962-), Chinese Chinese chess grandmaster
Xú Kè
徐克
[徐克]
  • Tsui Hark (1951-), Chinese movie director and producer
Xú Xīng
徐星
[徐星]
  • Xu Xing (1969-), Chinese palaeontologist
  • Xu Xing (1956-), Chinese short story writer
xúxíng
徐行
[徐行]
  • to walk slowly
  • to stroll
Qīngxú
清徐
[清徐]
  • Qingxu county in Taiyuan 太原 ( Tàiyuán), Shanxi
Xú Jìyú
徐继畲
[徐繼畬]
  • Xu Jiyu (1795-1873), Chinese geographer
Xúhuìqū
徐汇区
[徐匯區]
  • Xuhui district, central Shanghai
Xúshuǐxiàn
徐水县
[徐水縣]
  • Xushui county in Baoding 保定 ( Bǎodìng), Hebei
Qīngxúxiàn
清徐县
[清徐縣]
  • Qingxu county in Taiyuan 太原 ( Tàiyuán), Shanxi
Xú Bēihóng
徐悲鸿
[徐悲鴻]
  • Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European-trained painter and influential art teacher
Xújiāhuì
徐家汇
[徐家匯]
  • Xujiahui, an area in 徐匯區/徐汇区 ( Xúhuìqū), Xuhui district, central Shanghai
Xú Xiákè
徐霞客
[徐霞客]
  • Xu Xiake (1587-1641), Ming dynasty travel writer and geographer, author of Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries 徐霞客遊記/徐霞客游记 ( Xú Xiákè Yóujì)
Xú Zhìmó
徐志摩
[徐志摩]
  • Xu Zhimo (1897-1931), writer and poet
Xú Shìchāng
徐世昌
[徐世昌]
  • Xu Shichang (1855-1939), politician associated with the Northern Warlords, president of China in 1921
Xú Zhēnqīng
徐祯卿
[徐禎卿]
  • Xu Zhenqing (1479-1511), Ming writer, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
Xú Xīyuán
徐熙媛
[徐熙媛]
  • Barbie Hsu (1976-), Taiwanese entertainer, nicknamed 大S
Xúzhōu Shì
徐州市
[徐州市]
  • Xuzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu
Xúwénxiàn
徐闻县
[徐聞縣]
  • Xuwen county in Zhanjiang 湛江 ( Zhànjiāng), Guangdong
Xú Guāngqǐ
徐光启
[徐光啟]
  • Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming dynasty
Lín Zéxú
林则徐
[林則徐]
  • Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842
Xú Kuāngdí
徐匡迪
[徐匡迪]
  • Xu Kuangdi (1937-), PRC politician and former mayor of Shanghai
Xúniángbànlǎo
徐娘半老
[徐娘半老]
  • middle-aged but still attractive woman
  • lady of a certain age
bànlǎo Xúniáng
半老徐娘
[半老徐娘]
  • middle-aged but still attractive woman
  • lady of a certain age
bùjíbùxú
不疾不徐
[不疾不徐]
  • neither too fast nor too slow (idiom)
shāngbiāoxúqǐ
商飙徐起
[商飆徐起]
  • the autumn breeze comes gently (idiom)
Xú Xiákè Yóujì
徐霞客游记
[徐霞客遊記]
  • Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries, a book of travel records by 徐霞客 ( Xú Xiákè) on geology, geography, plants etc