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xiāo

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xiāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiāo | xiao1
English translation
to melt (metal)
to cancel or annul
to sell
to spend
to fasten with a bolt
bolt or pin
to fuse, to melt; to market, to sell

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About xiāo

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

xiāo

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of xiāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

钅肖

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

Xiāo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and Xiāo represents the sound. Simplified form of xiāo .

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Example sentences using xiāo

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100英镑 Yīng bàng gòu 全部 quánbù de 花销 huā xiāo ?

Is £100 enough for all your expenses?

pēng de 一声 yī shēng Guān 上门 shàng mén ,插销 chā xiāo shuān hǎo .

He slammed the door and drove the bolt home.

tuī shǎng chā xiāo ,使 shǐ Mén 摇晃 yáo huàng .

He slides the bolt in place to keep the door from swinging.

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

有些 yǒu xiē lǎo de 报社 bàoshè 由于 yóuyú 销量 xiāo liàng ér 倒闭 dǎobì le .

Some of old newspapers had to go out of business for low sales.

Words with xiāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
销售 xiāoshòu to sell銷售
撤销 chèxiāo to repeal撤銷
推销 tuīxiāo to market推銷
营销 yíng xiāo marketing營銷
销量 xiāo liàng sales volume銷量
销毁 xiāohuǐ to obliterate銷毀
促销 cù xiāo to promote sales促銷
经销商 jīng xiāo shāng dealer經銷商
推销员 tuī xiāo yuán salesperson推銷員
xiāo to sell xiāo
畅销 chàngxiāo to sell well暢銷
热销 rè xiāo to sell well熱銷
销售额 xiāo shòu é sales figure銷售額
开销 kāi xiāo expenses開銷
吊销 diào xiāo to revoke吊銷
报销 bàoxiāo to write off報銷
畅销书 chàng xiāo shū best-seller暢銷書
销魂 xiāo hún ecstasy銷魂
注销 zhù xiāo to cancel註銷
倾销 qīng xiāo to dump (goods, products)傾銷
直销 zhí xiāo to sell directly直銷
传销 chuán xiāo multi-level marketing傳銷
分销 fēn xiāo distribution分銷
销声匿迹 xiāo shēng nì jì to lie low銷聲匿跡

xiāo Decomposition & Compounds

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xiāo Decomposition

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