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xiào

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xiào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiào | xiao4
English translation
to mimic, to imitate

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About xiào

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

xiào

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

To effect  xiào  another person  rén xiào also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of xiào

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

亻效

Explanation

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

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Words with xiào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
效果 xiàoguǒ result效果 xiàoguǒ
有效 yǒu xiào effective有效 yǒu xiào
效劳 xiào láo to work for效勞
无效 wú xiào not valid無效
效率 xiàolǜ efficiency效率 xiàolǜ
效应 xiào yìng effect (scientific phenomenon)效應
xiào effect xiào
效益 xiàoyì benefit效益 xiàoyì
疗效 liáo xiào healing efficacy療效
生效 shēngxiào to take effect生效 shēngxiào
失效 shī xiào to fail失效 shī xiào
奏效 zòu xiào effective奏效 zòu xiào
高效 gāo xiào efficient高效 gāo xiào
成效 chéngxiào effect成效 chéngxiào
效力 xiào lì effectiveness效力 xiào lì
效忠 xiào zhōng to vow loyalty and devotion to效忠 xiào zhōng
功效 gōngxiào efficacy功效 gōngxiào
特效 tè xiào special effect特效 tè xiào
绩效 jì xiào performance績效
音效 yīn xiào sound effect音效 yīn xiào
见效 jiàn xiào to have the desired effect見效
有效期 yǒu xiào qī period of validity有效期 yǒu xiào qī
效能 xiào néng efficacy效能 xiào néng
行之有效 xíng zhī yǒu xiào to be effective (idiom)行之有效 xíng zhī yǒu xiào

xiào Decomposition & Compounds

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