Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 须

beard
mustache
feeler (of an insect etc)
tassel

must
to have to
to wait

there is no need
why should

feelers (zoology)
tassel (botany)

tendril

need not
not obliged to
not necessarily

key information
instructions
it must be borne in mind

whiskers
mustache

tendril

in a flash
in a jiffy

beard
whiskers

see 老生 (lǎoshēng)

roots

baleen whale
Mysticeti

to have to
must
compulsory
necessarily

short period of time
a moment

Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition
Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原 ( Gùyuán), Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues

beard
CL:根 (gēn),綹／绺 (liǔ)

fibrous roots

hair and beard

aftershave

tentacles
feelers
antennae

hematite Fe2O3

must; have to

man or men (formal)

aftershave

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

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

groundless; baseless

Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition
Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原 ( Gùyuán), Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues

shaving cream

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

shaver
razor

lit. to stroke the tiger's whiskers
to do sth very daring

asparagus
(Tw) young shoots of the chayote vine 佛手瓜 (fóshǒuguā)

Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)

xùxūmíngzhì

to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳／梅兰芳 ( Méi Lánfāng) growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese)

jīnguóxūméi

woman with a manly spirit

sìdàxūshēng

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

to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
to toady
boot-licking

bùràngxūméi

(idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc
to be a match for men
lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)

mustache shaped like character 八

Héngxūhèshì

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

bushman (African ethnic group)

lánxūyèfēnghǔ

蓝须夜蜂虎

[藍鬚夜蜂虎]

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

quánxūquányǐr

全须全尾儿

[全鬚全尾兒]

(Beijing dialect) intact
in one piece

jiělíngháixūxìlíngrén

解铃还须系铃人

[解鈴還須繫鈴人]

lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom)
fig. whoever started the trouble should end it

mǔdansuīhǎo,zhōngxūlüyèfúchí

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 (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.