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Hsü

Hsü proper noun: a surname from Mandarin.

Proper noun

Hsü (plural Hsüs)

  1. A surname from Mandarin.
    • For a general survey of thought during the Ch’ing dynasty (1644-1911) see Liang Ch’i-ch’ao, Intellectual Trends in the Ch’ing Period, translated from the Chinese by Immanuel C. Y. Hsü (Harvard University Press, 1959).1948, Yu-lan Fung, “Bibliography”, in Derk Bodde, editor, A Short History of Chinese Philosophy, The Free Press, →OCLC, page 350
    • Of the technical problems facing the young Chinese poets of the nineteen-twenties who were attempting to create a "New Verse" (新詩), none was greater than the problem of selection of suitable metres. And this fact is nowhere better exemplified than in the poetry of Hsü Chih-mo 徐志摩 (1896–1931), who...1960 June, Cyril Birch, “English and Chinese metres in Hsü Chih-mo”, in Asia Major, volume 8, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2025, page 258

Examples of Hsü in a sentence

  • About 726 he married the grand-daughter of Hsü Yü-shih, who had been Chief Minister in 657, and lived for some years at the family residence of the Hsüs in An-lu, north of Hankow.1969, Arthur Waley, The Poetry and Career of Li Po, 701-762 A.D., London: George Allen & Unwin, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 9:
  • When Hsü shot and killed the governor, Chʻiu Chin was implicated.2002, Annping Chin, Four Sisters of Hofei, Scribner, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 7:

Forms of Hsü

pluralHsüs
alternative alsoHsu
alternative formSheu
alternative formSyu
alternative Hanyu-PinyinXu

Origin of Hsü

Borrowed from Mandarin 許／许 (Xǔ) or 徐 (Xú) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsü.

Phrases with Hsü

Questions about Hsü

What does Hsü mean?
Hsü means a surname from Mandarin.
How do you use Hsü in a sentence?
About 726 he married the grand-daughter of Hsü Yü-shih, who had been Chief Minister in 657, and lived for some years at the family residence of the Hsüs in An-lu, north of Hankow.
What part of speech is Hsü?
Hsü is a proper noun.

Words near Hsü in the dictionary

  1. HSVs
  2. HSW
  3. HSwMS
  4. hsync
  5. hsyncs
  6. Hsü
  7. Hsü-ch'ang
  8. Hsü-chou
  9. Hsüan Wu
  10. Hsüan-en
  11. Hsüan-hua

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