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xiāo
1. miserable
2. desolate
3. dreary
4. Chinese mugwort
Common • Top 17%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

Compound Words (20)

萧条
xiāotiáo
bleak
萧洒
xiāosǎ
variant of [[瀟灑|潇洒<xiāosǎ>]]
萧然
xiāorán
desolate
萧瑟
xiāosè
to rustle in the air
萧红
XiāoHóng
Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang
萧邦
Xiāobāng
Frédéric Chopin (Composer)
萧乾
XiāoQián
Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
排萧
páixiāo
panpipe
萧何
XiāoHé
Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's [[劉邦|刘邦<LiúBāng>]] side during the Chu-Han Contention [[楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争<ChǔHànZhànzhēng>]]
萧县
Xiāoxiàn
Xiao county in Suzhou [[宿州<Sùzhōu>]], Anhui
萧山
Xiāoshān
Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city [[杭州市<Hángzhōushì>]], Zhejiang
萧索
xiāosuǒ
bleak
萧梁
XiāoLiáng
Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)
萧山区
Xiāoshānqū
Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city [[杭州市<Hángzhōushì>]], Zhejiang
大萧条
dàxiāotiáo
the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939)
萧一山
XiāoYīshān
Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty
萧伯纳
Xiāobónà
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer
萧子显
XiāoZǐxiǎn
Xiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of History of Qi of the Southern dynasties [[南齊書]] [[南齐书]]
萧万长
XiāoWàncháng
Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice-president from 2008
经济萧条
jīngjìxiāotiáo
economic depression

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Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
1,897
Word Frequency Rank
14,061 of 84,292