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xiāo

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xiāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiāo | xiao1
English translation
valiant, brave; skilled; a noble steed

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About xiāo

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

horse

Etymology of xiāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

马尧

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

yáo

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using xiāo

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塞冬则提供 tígōng 骁勇善战 de .

Poseidon offered a strong horse war.

波塞冬 Bō sāi dōng 提供 tígōng 骁勇善战 de .

Poseidon offered a strong horse needed for war.

Words with xiāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xiāo brave
骁勇善战 xiāo yǒng shàn zhàn to be brave and good at fighting (idiom)驍勇善戰
骁将 xiāo jiàng valiant general驍將

xiāo Decomposition & Compounds

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