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哮

xiào

Character

What 哮 means

1. pant
2. roar
3. bark (of animals)
4. Taiwan pr. xiāo

Example sentences

• 他有哮喘。
  Tā yǒu xiàochuǎn.
  He has asthma.
• 我有哮喘。
  I have asthma.
• 我哮喘发作了。
  Wǒ xiàochuǎn fāzuò le.
  I had an asthma attack.
• 狗对着这个陌生男子咆哮。
  Gǒu duì zhe zhège mòshēng nánzǐ páoxiào.
  The dog growled at the strange man.
• 这只狗对着一个小男孩咆哮。
  Zhè zhī gǒu duì zhe yī gè xiǎo nánhái páoxiào.
  The dog growled at a little boy.
• 当他咆哮时，他脖子上青筋暴起。
  Dāng tā páoxiào shí, tā bózi shàng qīngjīn bào qǐ.
  When he shouted, the veins in his neck stood out clearly.

Words starting with 哮

• 哮喘xiào chuǎnasthma
• 哮喘病xiào chuǎn bìngasthma
• 哮鸣xiào míngwheezing

Words containing 哮

• 咆哮páo xiào(of beasts of prey, torrents of water, a person in a rage etc) to roar
• 氨哮素ān xiào sùclenbuterol
• 咆哮如雷páo xiào rú léito be in a thundering rage (idiom)

Characters built on 孝

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

• 教jiāoto teach; to instruct
• 酵jiàoyeast; leaven; fermentation; Taiwan pr. xiào

Characters that look like 哮

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

• 啸xiào(of people) to whistle; (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar
• 唉āiinterjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 唏xīsound of sobbing
• 哝nóng(bound form) to mutter; to mumble
• 哞mōumoo (sound made by cow)

Sounds the same

Read xiào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 笑to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
• 校(bound form) school; college; (bound form; military) field officer
• 效to imitate (variant of 效
• 孝filial piety or obedience; mourning apparel
• 肖similar; resembling; to resemble
• 啸(of people) to whistle; (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar
• 恔cheerful
• 薢woody climbing plant
• 歗old variant of 啸