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xiáo

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xiáo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiáo | xiao2
English translation
variant of xiáo [xiáo]
confused, mixed up, in disarray

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About xiáo

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

xiáo

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of xiáo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵肴

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

yáo

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Example sentences using xiáo

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公司 gōngsī 犯罪 fàn zuì Yìng 白领 bái lǐng 犯罪混 xiáo , Hòu zhě zhǐ de shì 犯罪者 fàn zuì zhě de 职业 zhíyè ,罪行 zuì xíng 可能 kěnéng shì 针对 zhēnduì 企业 qǐyè de .

Corporate crime — committed by businesses — should not be confused with white - collar crime, which refers to the occupation of the perpetrator and may be directed against ...

我们 wǒmen 开始 kāishǐ 混淆 hùnxiáo 皇室 huáng shì 大家庭君主制 jūn zhǔ zhì zhè 两个概念 gàiniàn le

We are beginning to muddle the extended royal family and the monarchy.

Words with xiáo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
混淆 hùnxiáo to obscure混淆 hùnxiáo
混淆视听 hùn xiáo shì tīng to obscure the facts (idiom); to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods混淆視聽
混淆是非 hùn xiáo shì fēi to confuse right and wrong (idiom)混淆是非 hùn xiáo shì fēi
xiáo mixed xiáo
混淆黑白 hùn xiáo hēi bái to confuse black and white混淆黑白 hùn xiáo hēi bái
淆乱 xiáo luàn to confuse淆亂

xiáo Decomposition & Compounds

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xiáo Decomposition

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