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潇 xiāo

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潇 xiāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiāo | xiao1
English translation
river name
sound of rain and wind
the sound of beating wind and rain

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About 潇 xiāo

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

瀟 xiāo

Contains the radical

氵 shuǐ

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

water

Etymology of 潇 xiāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰氵萧

Semantic compound

氵 shuǐ

Phonetic compound

萧 xiāo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 shuǐ represents the meaning and 萧 xiāo represents the sound. Simplified form of 瀟 xiāo .

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Example sentences using 潇 xiāo

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也许 yěxǔ 陆 Lù 子 zǐ 潇 xiāo 逢 féng 人 rén 告诉 gàosu 我 wǒ 怎样 zěn yàng 看中 kàn zhòng 他 tā 呢 ne !

Lu Tzu - hsiao is probably going around telling everybody how crazy I was about him!

两名结伴 jié bàn 旅行 lǚxíng 的 de 优雅 yōu yǎ 苏格兰 Sū gé lán 男子 nán zǐ 就餐 jiù cān 时 shí 穿 chuān 了 le 潇洒 xiāosǎ 的苏格兰方格呢短裙。

Two elegant Scotsmen travelling together wore dashing kilts at dinner.

他们 tā men 的 de 作品 zuòpǐn 一如既往 yīrújìwǎng 地 de 引人入胜 yǐn rén rù shèng 、气韵 qì yùn 潇洒 xiāosǎ 、新颖别致，不会 bù huì 让 ràng 你 nǐ 失望 shīwàng 。

Their work has all the usual punch, panache and flair you'dexpect.

黑色 hēi sè 外套 wài tào 看起来 kàn qǐ lai 总是 zǒngshì 很 hěn 潇洒 xiāosǎ ，而且 érqiě 永远 yǒngyuǎn 也 Yě 不会 bù huì 落伍 luò wǔ 。

A black coat always looks smart and will never date.

王子 wángzǐ 潇洒 xiāosǎ 威猛 wēi měng 地 de 驱车而行。

The Prince was driving with great fire and dash.

Words with 潇 xiāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
潇洒 xiāosǎ free and easy瀟灑
潇湘 Xiāo xiāng other name of the Xiangjiang river 湘江 Xiāng jiāng [Xiāng​jiāng] in Hunan province瀟湘
潇 xiāo (of water) deep and clear瀟 xiāo

潇 xiāo Decomposition & Compounds

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潇 xiāo Decomposition

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