xu1
must; to have to; to wait

xu1
beard; mustache; feeler (of an insect etc); tassel

strokes 9
radical
strokes after radical 3
八字胡须 八字鬍鬚 ba1 zi4 hu2 xu1
mustache shaped like character 八

必须 必須 bi4 xu1
to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily

不让须眉 不讓鬚眉 bu4 rang4 xu1 mei2
(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)

布须曼人 布須曼人 bu4 xu1 man4 ren2
bushman (African ethnic group)

触须 觸鬚 chu4 xu1
tentacles; feelers; antennae

根须 根鬚 gen1 xu1
roots

何须 何須 he2 xu1
there is no need; why should

横须贺 橫須賀 heng2 xu1 he4
Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)

横须贺市 橫須賀市 heng2 xu1 he4 shi4
Yokosuka city and US naval base to the west of Yokohama, Japan

胡须 鬍鬚 hu2 xu1
beard

解铃还须系铃人 解鈴還須繫鈴人 jie3 ling2 hai2 xu1 xi4 ling2 ren2
lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom); fig. whoever started the trouble should end it

巾帼须眉 巾幗鬚眉 jin1 guo2 xu1 mei2
woman with a manly spirit

卷须 卷鬚 juan3 xu1
tendril

卷须 捲鬚 juan3 xu1
tendril

蓝须夜蜂虎 藍鬚夜蜂虎 lan2 xu1 ye4 feng1 hu3
(bird species of China) blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)

溜须拍马 溜鬚拍馬 liu1 xu1 pai1 ma3
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants; to toady; boot-licking

龙须菜 龍鬚菜 long2 xu1 cai4
asparagus; (Taiwan) young shoots of the chayote vine 佛手瓜

捋虎须 捋虎鬚 luo1 hu3 xu1
lit. to stroke the tiger's whiskers; to do sth very daring

莫须有 莫須有 mo4 xu1 you3
groundless; baseless

牡丹虽好,终须绿叶扶持 牡丹雖好,終須綠葉扶持 mu3 dan5 sui1 hao3 - zhong1 xu1 lv4 ye4 fu2 chi2
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.

全须全尾儿 全鬚全尾兒 quan2 xu1 quan2 yi3 er5
(Beijing dialect) intact; in one piece

髯须 髯鬚 ran2 xu1
beard; whiskers

四大须生 四大鬚生 si4 da4 xu1 sheng1
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

剃须刀 剃鬚刀 ti4 xu1 dao1
shaver; razor

剃须膏 剃鬚膏 ti4 xu1 gao1
shaving cream

文须雀 文鬚雀 wen2 xu1 que4
(bird species of China) bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus)

无须 無須 wu2 xu1
need not; not obliged to; not necessarily

须发 鬚髮 xu1 fa4
hair and beard

须浮鸥 鬚浮鷗 xu1 fu2 ou1
(bird species of China) whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida)

须根 須根 xu1 gen1
fibrous roots

须后 須後 xu1 hou4
aftershave

须后水 須後水 xu1 hou4 shui3
aftershave

须鲸 鬚鯨 xu1 jing1
baleen whale; Mysticeti

须毛 鬚毛 xu1 mao2
whiskers; mustache

须眉 鬚眉 xu1 mei2
man or men (formal)

须弥 須彌 xu1 mi2
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原, Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues

须弥山 須彌山 xu1 mi2 shan1
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原, Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues

须生 鬚生 xu1 sheng1
see 老生

须丸 須丸 xu1 wan2
hematite Fe2O3

须要 須要 xu1 yao4
must; have to

须臾 須臾 xu1 yu2
in a flash; in a jiffy

须知 須知 xu1 zhi1
key information; instructions; it must be borne in mind

须子 鬚子 xu1 zi5
feelers (zoology); tassel (botany)

蓄须明志 蓄鬚明志 xu4 xu1 ming2 zhi4
to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳 growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese)

臾须 臾須 yu2 xu1
short period of time; a moment