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咻

xiū

Character

What 咻 means

1. call out
2. jeer

Words containing 咻

• 呼咻hū xiū(onomatopoeia) whoosh
• 嘿咻hēi xiū(colloquial) to make love
• 气咻咻qì xiū xiūto pant; to gasp for breath

Characters built on 休

These share the phonetic component 休 (xiū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 貅xiūsee 貔貅
• 庥xiūprotection; shade
• 髹xiūred lacquer; to lacquer
• 鸺xiūused in 鸺鹠

Characters that look like 咻

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 畅chàngfree; unimpeded; smooth
• 咪mīsound for calling a cat
• 株zhūtree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant
• 铎duólarge ancient bell
• 钵bōsmall earthenware plate or basin; a monk's alms bowl; Sanskrit paatra
• 哌pàiused in transliteration

Sounds the same

Read xiū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 休to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease
• 修to decorate; to embellish; to repair
• 羞shy; ashamed; shame
• 馐delicacies
• 脩dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting…
• 庥protection; shade
• 髹red lacquer; to lacquer
• 鸺used in 鸺鹠
• 茠to weed; to eradicate
• 貅see 貔貅