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xiào

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xiào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiào | xiao4
English translation
variant of xiào
> xiào [xiào]
variant of xiào [xiào]
to imitate
result, effect; effective

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About xiào

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

xiào

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

strike

Etymology of xiào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

交攵

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

jiāo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and jiāo represents the sound. Simplified form of xiào .

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Example sentences using xiào

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拉曼 pín 效应 xiào yìng 使 shǐ 飞秒 fēi miǎo 脉冲 mài chōng Xiàng Hòu 沿 yán 非线性 fēi xiàn xìng 漂移 piāo yí .

The pulse was drift backwards nonlinear by the self - frequency shift effect.

Yán 费用 fèi yòng 应当 yīng dāng zài 有效 yǒu xiào 经济 jīngjì 寿命 shòumìng nèi tān xiāo , 我国 wǒ guó 规定 guīdìng de 摊销 tān xiāo 超过 chāoguò 10 Nián .

Give delay charge to ought to be in its are effective the amortize inside economic life, the amortize that our country sets

shì 效率 xiàolǜ hěn Gāo de 编辑 biānjí .

She is an editorial powerhouse.

苜蓿 mù xu zài 有效 yǒu xiào gài 含量 hán liàng 不足 bùzú de 土壤 tǔrǎng shǎng 生长 shēngzhǎng 不良 bù liáng .

Alfalfa will fail to grow well on soils which lack sufficient amounts of available caleium.

管理人员 Zhōng 办事效率 Gāo de bèi 清除 qīngchú le 出去 chū qù .

Inefficient personnel were cleaned out of the management.

Words with xiào

Explore 24 words and sayings that include the Chinese character xiào in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
效果 xiàoguǒ result效果 xiàoguǒ
有效 yǒu xiào effective有效 yǒu xiào
效劳 xiào láo to work for效勞
无效 wú xiào not valid無效
效率 xiàolǜ efficiency效率 xiàolǜ
效应 xiào yìng effect (scientific phenomenon)效應
xiào effect xiào
效益 xiàoyì benefit效益 xiàoyì
疗效 liáo xiào healing efficacy療效
生效 shēngxiào to take effect生效 shēngxiào
失效 shī xiào to fail失效 shī xiào
奏效 zòu xiào effective奏效 zòu xiào
高效 gāo xiào efficient高效 gāo xiào
成效 chéngxiào effect成效 chéngxiào
效力 xiào lì effectiveness效力 xiào lì
效忠 xiào zhōng to vow loyalty and devotion to效忠 xiào zhōng
功效 gōngxiào efficacy功效 gōngxiào
特效 tè xiào special effect特效 tè xiào
绩效 jì xiào performance績效
音效 yīn xiào sound effect音效 yīn xiào
见效 jiàn xiào to have the desired effect見效
有效期 yǒu xiào qī period of validity有效期 yǒu xiào qī
效能 xiào néng efficacy效能 xiào néng
行之有效 xíng zhī yǒu xiào to be effective (idiom)行之有效 xíng zhī yǒu xiào

xiào Decomposition & Compounds

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xiào Decomposition

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xiào Compounds

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