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箫
xiāo
bamboo flute
🔤 Pictophonetic:
⺮ (bamboo) provides meaning, 肃 provides pronunciation
Words Using 箫 (8)
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箫
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
箫
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
排箫
páixiāo
xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom / also translated as pan pipes
排箫
páixiāo
xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom / also translated as pan pipes
玉人吹箫
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]]
玉人吹箫
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]]
笙箫
shēngxiāo
reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute
笙箫
shēngxiāo
reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute
吴市吹箫
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
吴市吹箫
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
吹箫
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
吹箫
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
吹箫乞食
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
吹箫乞食
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
鼻箫
bíxiāo
nose flute
鼻箫
bíxiāo
nose flute
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⿱⺮肃
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