Chinese symbol for “outstanding”
优秀
yōu xiù
Traditional: 優秀
outstanding; excellent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for outstanding is 优秀 (yōu xiù), defined as: outstanding; excellent.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “outstanding”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 显著 (顯著) | xiǎn zhù | outstanding; notable |
| 杰出 (傑出) | jié chū | outstanding; distinguished |
| 尤 | yóu | outstanding; particularly, especially |
| 翘 (翹) | qiáo | outstanding; to raise |
| 卓越 | zhuó yuè | outstanding; surpassing |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 优秀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 优势 (優勢) | yōu shì | superiority; dominance |
| 优惠 (優惠) | yōu huì | privilege; favorable (terms) |
| 优先 (優先) | yōu xiān | to have priority; to take precedence |
| 优质 (優質) | yōu zhì | excellent quality |
| 优化 (優化) | yōu huà | to optimize; (corporate euphemism) to lay off staff |
| 真人秀 | zhēn rén xiù | (TV) reality show |
| 秀才 | xiù cai | a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar |
| 脱口秀 (脫口秀) | tuō kǒu xiù | (loanword) talk show; stand-up comedy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “outstanding”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.