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肖
Xiāo
1. surname Xiao
2. Taiwan pr. <Xiào>
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 7 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

肖
xiào
to resemble, to look like; to be like
HSK 6 7 丶

Compound Words (15)

不肖
bùxiào
(literary) unlike one's parents
生肖
shēngxiào
one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches [[地支<dìzhī>]]
HSK 6
毕肖
bìxiào
to resemble closely
肖似
xiàosì
to resemble
肖像
xiàoxiàng
portrait
HSK 6
肖恩
Xiāoēn
Sean, Shaun or Shawn (name)
肖扬
XiāoYáng
Xiao Yang (1938-), President of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008
肖邦
Xiāobāng
Frederic Chopin or Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer
逼肖
bīxiào
to bear a close resemblance to
酷肖
kùxiào
to strikingly resemble
肖伯纳
XiāoBónà
Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish-born British playwright
惟妙惟肖
wéimiàowéixiào
to imitate to perfection
生肖属相
shēngxiàoshǔxiàng
birth year as designated by animal symbols (mouse, ox, tiger etc)
维妙维肖
wéimiàowéixiào
to imitate to perfection
努瓦克肖特
Nǔwǎkèxiāotè
Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania

Alternate Entries

肖
xiào
similar / resembling / to resemble / to be like

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,018
Word Frequency Rank
2,324 of 84,292

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