Save Gender Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 栩娴, 绪仙(Chinese) Other Forms FormsXu Xian Meaning & History From the Chinese 栩 (xǔ) meaning "be glad, pleased", also a species of oak, or 绪 (xù) meaning "end of thread, thread, clue" and 娴 (xián) meaning "elegant, refined" or 仙 (xiān) meaning "transcendent, immortal".