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啸
嘯
xiào
1. to hiss
2. to whistle
Very Common • Top 5%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

啸
xiào
to roar, to howl; to scream; to whistle
HSK 6 11 丶

Compound Words (7)

呼啸
hūxiào
to whistle
HSK 6
海啸
hǎixiào
tsunami
奚啸伯
XīXiàobó
Xi Xiaobo (1910-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards [[四大鬚生|四大须生]]
汪啸风
WāngXiàofēng
Wang Xiaofeng (1944-), fourth governor of Hainan
紫啸鸫
zǐxiàodōng
(Chinese bird species) blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
呼啸而过
hūxiàoérguò
to whistle past
台湾紫啸鸫
Táiwānzǐxiàodōng
(Chinese bird species) Taiwan whistling thrush (Myophonus insularis)

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Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,300
Word Frequency Rank
4,138 of 84,292

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