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哨
shào
1. a whistle
2. sentry
HSK 6 Common • Top 13% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

哨
shào
to whistle; to chirp
HSK 6 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

前哨
qiánshào
outpost
口哨
kǒushào
whistle
吹哨
chuīshào
to blow a whistle
哨兵
shàobīng
sentinel
哨卡
shàoqiǎ
border sentry post
哨子
shàozi
whistle
哨所
shàosuǒ
watchhouse
哨笛
shàodí
a whistle
唿哨
hūshào
to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth)
岗哨
gǎngshào
lookout post
忽哨
hūshào
to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth)
放哨
fàngshào
to keep watch
查哨
cháshào
to check the sentries
步哨
bùshào
sentry
瞭哨
liàoshào
to go on sentry duty
花哨
huāshao
garish
黑哨
hēishào
(soccer etc) corrupt officiating
吹口哨
chuīkǒushào
whistle
哨子声
shàozishēng
whistling sound
检查哨
jiǎncháshào
inspection post

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,382
Word Frequency Rank
11,221 of 84,292

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