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xiào

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xiào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiào | xiao4
English translation
to hiss
to whistle
to roar, to howl; to scream; to whistle

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About xiào

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

xiào

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of xiào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口肃

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using xiào

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我们 wǒmen 听到 tīng dào 头顶 tóu dǐng shǎng 子弹 zǐdàn 呼啸而过 hū xiào ér guò de 声音 shēngyīn shí jiù zài 地上 dì shang .

We laid ourselves flat when we heard the bullets whistling overhead.

紧闭 jǐn bì de 窗户 chuānghu wài 狂风 kuáng fēng 呼啸 hūxiào

The wind wailed outside the closed windows.

头顶 tóu dǐng shǎng 直升机 zhí shēng jī zài 呼啸 hūxiào 巨大 jùdà de 螺旋桨 luó xuán jiǎng 叶片 yè piàn 搅动 jiǎo dòng zhāo 空气 kōngqì

Overhead, the chopper roared and the big blades churned the air.

气流 qì liú 一直 yīzhí Cóng 我们 wǒmen 身边 shēn biān 呼啸而过 hū xiào ér guò

The air was rushing past us all the time.

谈话 tán huà shí 一架军用 jūn yòng 喷气式 pēn qì shì 飞机 fēijī zài 镇子上空 shàng kōng 呼啸而过 hū xiào ér guò

As he talked, an airforce jet screamed over the town.

Words with xiào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
海啸 hǎi xiào tsunami海嘯
呼啸 hūxiào to whistle呼嘯
xiào to hiss xiào
汪啸风 Wāng Xiào fēng Wang Xiaofeng (1944-), fourth governor of Hainan汪嘯風
奚啸伯 Xī Xiào bó Xi Xiaobo (1910-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生 sì dà xū shēng 奚嘯伯

xiào Decomposition & Compounds

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xiào Decomposition

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