| 陈独秀 |
Chén Dú xiù |
Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921 |
| 陈 |
Chén |
surname Chen / Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state / Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝 |
| 陈 |
chén |
(bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display / (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell / old; stale |
| 独 |
dú |
alone / independent / single / sole / only |
| 独秀 |
dú xiù |
to surpass / to stand above the crowd |
| 秀 |
xiù |
(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful / (bound form) superior; excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears |