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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
小 xiǎo	小 \| 小* \| *小	small / tiny / few / young	HSK 1


笑 xiào	笑 \| 笑* \| *笑	to laugh; to smile / to laugh at	HSK 1


㴋 xiāo	㴋 \| 㴋* \| *㴋	sound of rain and wind	潚


削 xiāo	削 \| 削* \| *削	to peel with a knife / to pare / to cut (a ball at tennis etc)	HSK 7-9


笑 xiào	笑 \| 笑* \| *笑	old variant of 笑	咲 HSK 1


成也萧何，败也萧何 chéngyě Xiāo Hé, bàiyě Xiāo Hé	成也…萧何 \| 成也…萧何* \| *成也…萧何	lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信｜韩信 being made Grand General 大將軍｜大将军 / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor	成也蕭何，敗也蕭何


獢 xiāo	獢 \| 獢* \| *獢	dog


小儿经 Xiǎo'érjīng	小儿经 \| 小儿经* \| *小儿经	Xiao'erjing, refers to the use of the Arabic alphabet to write Chinese	小兒經


小桥 Xiǎo Qiáo	小桥 \| 小桥* \| *小桥	Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, the two great beauties of ancient China	小橋


效 xiào	效 \| 效* \| *效	effect / efficacy / to imitate


吹箫 chuīxiāo	吹箫 \| 吹箫* \| *吹箫	to play the xiao 簫｜箫, a vertical bamboo flute / (literary) to beg on the streets (abbr. for 吳市吹簫｜吴市吹箫) / (slang) to give a blowjob	吹簫


晓 xiǎo	晓 \| 晓* \| *晓	dawn / daybreak / to know / to let sb know / to make explicit	曉


销 xiāo	销 \| 销* \| *销	to melt (metal) / to cancel; to annul / to sell / to expend; to spend / pin; bolt / to fasten with a pin or bolt	銷 HSK 7-9


消 xiāo	消 \| 消* \| *消	to diminish; to subside / to consume; to reduce / to idle away (the time) / (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take	HSK 7-9


萧规曹随 Xiāoguī Cáosuí	萧规曹随 \| 萧规曹随* \| *萧规曹随	lit. Xiao's 蕭何｜萧何 governance followed by Cao 曹參｜曹参 (idiom) / fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor / to follow precedent	蕭規曹隨


玉人吹箫 yùrénchuīxiāo	玉人吹箫 \| 玉人吹箫* \| *玉人吹箫	virtuoso piper wins a beauty / the xiao 簫｜箫 (mouth organ) virtuoso 蕭史｜萧史 won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公	玉人吹簫


孝 xiào	孝 \| 孝* \| *孝	filial piety or obedience / mourning apparel


洨河 Xiáo Hé	洨河 \| 洨河* \| *洨河	Xiao River in Hebei


肖 Xiāo	肖 \| 肖* \| *肖	surname Xiao / Taiwan pr. [Xiao4]


肖 xiào	肖 \| 肖* \| *肖	similar / resembling / to resemble / to be like


萧红 Xiāo Hóng	萧红 \| 萧红* \| *萧红	Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang	蕭紅


清代通史 Qīngdài Tōngshǐ	清代通史 \| 清代通史* \| *清代通史	General History of the Qing dynasty, compiled under Xiao Yishan 蕭一山｜萧一山


校 xiào	校 \| 校* \| *校	(bound form) school; college / (bound form) (military) field officer


硝 xiāo	硝 \| 硝* \| *硝	saltpeter / to tan (leather)


骁 xiāo	骁 \| 骁* \| *骁	good horse / valiant	驍


秦孝公 Qín Xiàogōng	秦孝公 \| 秦孝公* \| *秦孝公	Duke Xiao of Qin, 秦國｜秦国, ruled 361-338 BC during the Warring States Period


宵 xiāo	宵 \| 宵* \| *宵	night


猇 xiāo	猇 \| 猇* \| *猇	the scream or roar of a tiger / to intimidate / to scare


痚 xiāo	痚 \| 痚* \| *痚	asthma / difficulty in breathing


南齐书 Nán Qíshū	南齐书 \| 南齐书* \| *南齐书	History of Qi of the Southern Dynasties, seventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Xiao Zixian 蕭子顯｜萧子显 in 537 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁, 59 scrolls	南齊書


赵州桥 Zhàozhōu Qiáo	赵州桥 \| 赵州桥* \| *赵州桥	Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河 in Zhao county 趙縣｜赵县, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代 (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge	趙州橋


萧何 Xiāo Hé	萧何 \| 萧何* \| *萧何	Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦｜刘邦 side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭｜楚汉战争	蕭何


枭 xiāo	枭 \| 枭* \| *枭	owl / valiant / trafficker	梟


齐书 Qíshū	齐书 \| 齐书* \| *齐书	History of Qi of the Southern Dynasties, seventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Xiao Zixian 蕭子顯｜萧子显 in 537 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁, 59 scrolls / usually 南齊書｜南齐书 to distinguish from Northern Qi	齊書


萧县 Xiāo Xiàn	萧县 \| 萧县* \| *萧县	Xiao County or Xiaoxian, a county in Suzhou City 宿州市, Anhui	蕭縣


箫 xiāo	箫 \| 箫* \| *箫	xiao, a vertical bamboo flute	簫


潇 xiāo	潇 \| 潇* \| *潇	(of water) deep and clear	瀟


枵 xiāo	枵 \| 枵* \| *枵	(archaic) hollow of a tree / (literary) empty; hollow


肖扬 Xiāo Yáng	肖扬 \| 肖扬* \| *肖扬	Xiao Yang (1938-), president of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008	肖揚


逍 xiāo	逍 \| 逍* \| *逍	used in 逍遙｜逍遥


魈 xiāo	魈 \| 魈* \| *魈	used in 山魈


哓 xiāo	哓 \| 哓* \| *哓	a cry of alarm / querulous	嘵


蛸 xiāo	蛸 \| 蛸* \| *蛸	used in 螵蛸


𫍲 xiǎo	𫍲 \| 𫍲* \| *𫍲	small	謏


嚣 xiāo	嚣 \| 嚣* \| *嚣	clamor	囂


筱 xiǎo	筱 \| 筱* \| *筱	dwarf bamboo / thin bamboo


歊 xiāo	歊 \| 歊* \| *歊	vapor / steam


萧子显 Xiāo Zǐxiǎn	萧子显 \| 萧子显* \| *萧子显	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	蕭子顯


哮 xiào	哮 \| 哮* \| *哮	pant / roar / bark (of animals) / Taiwan pr. [xiao1]


霄 xiāo	霄 \| 霄* \| *霄	firmament / heaven


虓 xiāo	虓 \| 虓* \| *虓	roar of a tiger


啸 xiào	啸 \| 啸* \| *啸	(of people) to whistle / (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar	嘯


小薰 Xiǎo Xūn	小薰 \| 小薰* \| *小薰	Xiao Xun (1989-), Taiwan actress


嘐 xiāo	嘐 \| 嘐* \| *嘐	boastful / bombastic


崤 Xiáo	崤 \| 崤* \| *崤	name of a mountain in Henan / also pr. [Yao2]


淆 xiáo	淆 \| 淆* \| *淆	confused and disorderly / mixed / Taiwan pr. [yao2]


髇 xiāo	髇 \| 髇* \| *髇	(onom.) sound of arrows	髐


蟏 xiāo	蟏 \| 蟏* \| *蟏	used in 蠨蛸｜蟏蛸	蠨


櫹 xiāo	櫹 \| 櫹* \| *櫹	a type of big tree (archaic)


烋 xiāo	烋 \| 烋* \| *烋	to boil or fumigate


萧 Xiāo	萧 \| 萧* \| *萧	surname Xiao	蕭


萧 xiāo	萧 \| 萧* \| *萧	(old) Chinese mugwort / (bound form) desolate; dreary	蕭


萧一山 Xiāo Yīshān	萧一山 \| 萧一山* \| *萧一山	Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty	蕭一山


薢 xiào	薢 \| 薢* \| *薢	woody climbing plant


效 xiào	效 \| 效* \| *效	variant of 傚｜效	俲


效 xiào	效 \| 效* \| *效	to imitate (variant of 效)	傚


效 xiào	效 \| 效* \| *效	variant of 效	効


恔 xiào	恔 \| 恔* \| *恔	cheerful


洨 Xiáo	洨 \| 洨* \| *洨	Xiao River in Hebei province


洨 xiáo	洨 \| 洨* \| *洨	(Tw) (vulgar) semen (from Taiwanese 潲, Tai-lo pr. [siâu])


暁 xiǎo	暁 \| 暁* \| *暁	Japanese variant of 曉｜晓


萧乾 Xiāo Qián	萧乾 \| 萧乾* \| *萧乾	Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator	蕭乾


呺 xiāo	呺 \| 呺* \| *呺	voice of anger / vast / spacious


鸮 xiāo	鸮 \| 鸮* \| *鸮	owl (order Strigiformes)	鴞


篠 xiǎo	篠 \| 篠* \| *篠	dwarf bamboo


绡 xiāo	绡 \| 绡* \| *绡	raw silk	綃


淆 xiáo	淆 \| 淆* \| *淆	variant of 淆	殽


歗 xiào	歗 \| 歗* \| *歗	old variant of 嘯｜啸

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