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xiǎo

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xiǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiǎo | xiao3
English translation
dawn
daybreak
to know
to let sb know
to make explicit
dawn; clear, explicit, known

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About xiǎo

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

xiǎo

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

sun

Etymology of xiǎo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

日尧

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

yáo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and yáo represents the sound. Simplified form of xiǎo .

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Example sentences using xiǎo

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chūn mián 不觉 bù jué xiǎo .

In spring, one sleeps and wakes up to find it is already day.

破晓 pò xiǎo shí 鸟儿 niǎo r 不断 bùduàn 吱吱 de jiào , 我们 wǒmen chǎo xǐng le .

The birds, chirping relentlessly, woke us up at daybreak.

张晓东 hěn 推崇 tuī chóng 富兰克林 Fù lán kè lín de 风险 fēngxiǎn 控制 kòngzhì 体系 tǐxì .

Zhang Xiaodong, a very respected Franklin's risk control system.

本书 shì 青年 qīng nián 作家 zuòjiā 明晓溪 de yòu 力作 lì zuò .

This book is another powerful work of Ming Xiaoxi, a young writer.

富兰克林 Fù lán kè lín fàng 风筝 fēng zhēng de 故事 gùshì 已经 yǐjīng 家喻户晓 jiāyùhùxiǎo .

The story of Franklin's kite is known everywhere.

Words with xiǎo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
揭晓 jiē xiǎo to publish揭曉
晓得 xiǎo de to know曉得
xiǎo dawn xiǎo
知晓 zhī xiǎo to know知曉
赫鲁晓夫 Hè lǔ xiǎo fu Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), secretary-general of Soviet Communist Party 1953-1964赫魯曉夫
家喻户晓 jiāyùhùxiǎo a household name家喻戶曉
天晓得 tiān xiǎo de Heaven knows!天曉得
破晓 pò xiǎo daybreak破曉
通晓 tōng xiǎo proficient (in sth)通曉
拂晓 fú xiǎo daybreak拂曉
分晓 fēn xiǎo now one understands分曉
报晓 bào xiǎo to herald the break of day報曉
晓谕 xiǎo yù to inform曉諭
晓以大义 xiǎo yǐ dà yì to reason with sb曉以大義
刘晓波 Liú Xiǎo bō Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八憲章|零八宪章 Líng bā Xiàn zhāng [Líng​bā​Xiàn​zhāng], Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010劉曉波
白晓燕 Bái Xiǎo yàn Pai Hsiao-yen (daughter of Pai Ping-ping)白曉燕
晓示 xiǎo shì to tell曉示
薄晓 bó xiǎo at dawn薄曉

xiǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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xiǎo Decomposition

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