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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


篠 xiǎo	篠 \| 篠* \| *篠	dwarf bamboo


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


綃 xiāo	綃 \| 綃* \| *綃	raw silk	绡


囂 xiāo	囂 \| 囂* \| *囂	clamor	嚣


吹簫 chuīxiāo	吹簫 \| 吹簫* \| *吹簫	to play the xiao 簫｜箫 (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥, c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫｜吴市吹箫 / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫｜玉人吹箫 / (slang) fellatio / blowjob	吹箫


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


獢 xiāo	獢 \| 獢* \| *獢	dog


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])


瀟 xiāo	瀟 \| 瀟* \| *瀟	(of water) deep and clear / (of wind and rain) howling and pounding / (of light rain) pattering	潇


蕭 Xiāo	蕭 \| 蕭* \| *蕭	surname Xiao	萧


蕭 xiāo	蕭 \| 蕭* \| *蕭	miserable / desolate / dreary / Chinese mugwort	萧


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


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


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


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


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


簫 xiāo	簫 \| 簫* \| *簫	xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes	箫


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


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


宵 xiāo	宵 \| 宵* \| *宵	night


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


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


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


恔 xiào	恔 \| 恔* \| *恔	cheerful


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


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


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


殽 xiáo	殽 \| 殽* \| *殽	variant of 淆	淆


俲 xiào	俲 \| 俲* \| *俲	variant of 傚｜效	效


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


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


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


小橋 Xiǎo Qiáo	小橋 \| 小橋* \| *小橋	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	小桥


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


逍 xiāo	逍 \| 逍* \| *逍	leisurely / easygoing


謏 xiǎo	謏 \| 謏* \| *謏	small	𫍲


蠨 xiāo	蠨 \| 蠨* \| *蠨	long-legged spider	蟏


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


南齊書 Nán Qíshū	南齊書 \| 南齊書* \| *南齊書	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	南齐书


歊 xiāo	歊 \| 歊* \| *歊	vapor / steam


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


蕭規曹隨 Xiāoguī Cáosuí	蕭規曹隨 \| 蕭規曹隨* \| *蕭規曹隨	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	萧规曹随


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


吳市吹簫 Wúshìchuīxiāo	吳市吹簫 \| 吳市吹簫* \| *吳市吹簫	to beg while playing the xiao 簫｜箫 (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu 楚, busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician	吴市吹箫


魈 xiāo	魈 \| 魈* \| *魈	used in 山魈


蛸 xiāo	蛸 \| 蛸* \| *蛸	used in 螵蛸


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


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


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


効 xiào	効 \| 効* \| *効	variant of 效	效


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


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


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


蕭何 Xiāo Hé	蕭何 \| 蕭何* \| *蕭何	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	萧何


虓 xiāo	虓 \| 虓* \| *虓	roar of a tiger


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


吹簫乞食 chuīxiāoqǐshí	吹簫乞食 \| 吹簫乞食* \| *吹簫乞食	to beg while playing the xiao 簫｜箫 (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu 楚, busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician	吹箫乞食


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


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


成也蕭何，敗也蕭何 chéngyě Xiāo Hé, bàiyě Xiāo Hé	成也…蕭何 \| 成也…蕭何* \| *成也…蕭何	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	成也萧何，败也萧何


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


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


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


趙州橋 Zhàozhōu Qiáo	趙州橋 \| 趙州橋* \| *趙州橋	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	赵州桥


齊書 Qíshū	齊書 \| 齊書* \| *齊書	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	齐书


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


玉人吹簫 yùrénchuīxiāo	玉人吹簫 \| 玉人吹簫* \| *玉人吹簫	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	玉人吹箫


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

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