Born in New York City in 1946 to a Chinese mother and an American father, Han Hsiu was taken to mainland China by her mother when she was four years old, where she was brought up by her grandmother and where she remained until 1978.
母親為中國人、父親為美國人，韓秀一九四六年生於紐約，四歲那年隨著母親回到中國大陸，此後由外祖母帶大，直到一九七八年離開。