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xiāo

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xiāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiāo | xiao1
English translation
to peel with a knife
to pare
to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xuē | xue1
English translation
to pare
to reduce
to remove
Taiwan pr. [xuè]
to pare, to scrape, to trim

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About xiāo

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

xiāo

Contains the radical

dāo

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

knife

Etymology of xiāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

肖刂

Semantic compound

dāo

Phonetic compound

Xiāo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. dāo represents the meaning and Xiāo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using xiāo

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现在 xiànzài de 地形 dì xíng 起伏 qǐfú 超过 chāoguò 1000 chě shì xiāo shí 作用 zuòyòng 造成 zàochéng de .

The present relief of more than 1000 ft was due to excavation.

yòng 锋利 fēnglì de Dāo xiāo 厚厚的果皮 guǒ pí .

She pared off the thick peel with a sharp knife.

de 工作 gōngzuò shì xiāo 马铃薯 mǎ líng shǔ .

His job was to peel potatoes.

这种 zhè zhǒng 水果刀 shuǐ guǒ dāo xiāo píng guǒ hěn hǎo yòng .

These fruit knives are very good for stripping apple skins off.

这些 zhè xiē 鞋子 xié zi 廉价 lián jià 商品 shāngpǐn , 史密斯 Shǐ mì sī 正在 zhèngzài 削价 xuē jià 出售 chū shòu .

These shoes are a bargain. Smith is closing them out.

Words with xiāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xiāo to pare xiāo
削减 xuē jiǎn to cut down削減
削弱 xuēruò to weaken削弱 xuēruò
剥削 bōxuē to exploit剝削
切削 qiē xiāo to cut切削 qiē xiāo
剥削阶级 bō xuē jiē jí exploiting class (in Marxist theory)剝削階級
瘦削 shòu xuē slim瘦削 shòu xuē
削球 xiāo qiú to cut削球 xiāo qiú
剥削者 bō xuē zhě exploiter (of labor)剝削者
刀削面 dāo xiāo miàn knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty刀削麵
削价 xuē jià to cut down the price削價
削发 xuē fà to shave one's head削髮
削足适履 xuē zú shì lǚ impractical or inelegant solution削足適履
削除 xuē chú to remove削除 xuē chú
削职为民 xuē zhí wéi mín demotion to commoner (idiom)削職為民
陡削 dǒu xiāo precipitous陡削 dǒu xiāo
削波 xuē bō clipping (signal processing)削波 xuē bō

xiāo Decomposition & Compounds

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xiāo Decomposition

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xiāo Compounds

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