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xiāo

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xiāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiāo | xiao1
English translation
mournful, desolate; common Artemisa

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About xiāo

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

xiāo

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

solemn

Etymology of xiāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹肃

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

cǎo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and cǎo represents the sound. Simplified form of xiāo .

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Example sentences using xiāo

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老萧觉得 juéde shì zài 挑字眼 ér ,误会 wùhuì le 自己 zìjǐ de 意思 yìsi .

Old Xiao thought that she was trying to pick faults and misinterpreting his meaning.

dāng lǎo ēn xiāo 发现 fāxiàn de 儿子 érzi 这样 zhè yàng 虐待 nüèdài 所谓 suǒ wèi de 可怜 kělián de 孤儿 gū ér shí , 这种 zhè zhǒng 逆来顺受 nì lái shùn shòu 使 shǐ 老恩 xiāo 冒火 mào huǒ le .

This endurance made old Earnshaw furious, when he discovered his son persecuting the poor, fatherless child, as he called

20世纪 shìjì 80年代 niándài 初期 chū qī de 经济 jīngjì 萧条 xiāo tiáo 气氛 qìfēn yīn 各种 gè zhǒng 奇异 qí yì 古怪 gǔguài 建筑 jiànzhù de 出现 chūxiàn ér 有所 yǒu suǒ 缓解 huǎnjiě

The economic gloom of the early 1980s was relieved by fanciful architecture.

zhè 本书充满 chōngmǎn le 萧伯纳 Xiāo bó nà 独特 dútè de 爱尔兰 Aì ěr lán shì 幽默 yōumò 嘲讽 cháo fěng

This book is suffused with Shaw's characteristic wry Irish humour.

预期 yùqī 经济 jīngjì 萧条 xiāo tiáo jiāng jiàn de

He expects the reces-sion to bottom out.

Words with xiāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xiāo miserable xiāo
萧条 xiāo tiáo bleak蕭條
萧山 Xiāo shān Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市 Háng zhōu shì [Háng​zhōu​shì], Zhejiang蕭山
萧瑟 xiāo sè to rustle蕭瑟
萧邦 Xiāo bāng Frédéric Chopin (Composer)蕭邦
萧然 xiāo rán desolate蕭然
萧何 Xiāo Hé Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦 Liú Bāng [Liú​Bāng] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争 Chǔ Hàn Zhàn zhēng [Chǔ​Hàn​Zhàn​zhēng]蕭何
萧山区 Xiāo shān qū Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市 Háng zhōu shì [Háng​zhōu​shì], Zhejiang蕭山區
萧万长 Xiāo Wàn cháng Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice president 2008-2012蕭萬長
萧乾 Xiāo Qián Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator蕭乾
萧红 Xiāo Hóng Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang蕭紅
萧县 Xiāo xiàn Xiao county in Suzhou 宿州 Sù zhōu [Sù​zhōu], Anhui蕭縣
萧规曹随 Xiāo guī Cáo suí to follow precedent蕭規曹隨
萧墙 xiāo qiáng (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture蕭牆
萧一山 Xiāo Yī shān Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty蕭一山
萧梁 Xiāo Liáng Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)蕭梁
萧子显 Xiāo Zǐ xiǎn Xiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of History of Qi of the Southern dynasties 南齊書 南齐书 Nán Qí shū 蕭子顯

xiāo Decomposition & Compounds

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