xiāo

xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom / same as [[排簫|排箫]] / also translated as pan pipes

chuīxiāo

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

chuīxiāoqǐshí

to beg while playing the xiao [[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

Wúshìchuīxiāo

to beg while playing the xiao [[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

yùrénchuīxiāo

virtuoso piper wins a beauty / the xiao [[箫]] (mouth organ) virtuoso [[萧史]] won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin [[秦穆公]]

shēngxiāo

reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute

páixiāo

xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom / also translated as pan pipes

bíxiāo

nose flute