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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)

Metadata

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

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