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嚣

xiāo

Character Traditional 囂

What 嚣 means

1. clamor

Example sentences

• 人生如梦，如影随形，像个蹩脚的演员，在舞台上虚张声势、矫揉造作一小时，然后便销声匿迹。人生如白痴讲的故事，喧嚣吵杂，却毫无意义。
  Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Words starting with 嚣

• 嚣张xiāo zhāngrampant; unbridled; arrogant
• 嚣张气焰xiāo zhāng qì yàn(idiom) overweening attitude; threatening manner
• 嚣张跋扈xiāo zhāng bá hùarrogant and despotic

Words containing 嚣

• 喧嚣xuān xiāoto clamor; to make noise
• 叫嚣jiào xiāoto hoot
• 尘嚣chén xiāohubbub; hustle and bustle
• 甚嚣尘上shèn xiāo chén shàngclamor raises the dust (idiom); a tremendous clamor; to raise a tremendous stink
• 气焰嚣张qì yàn xiāo zhāngsee 嚣张气焰

Characters that look like 嚣

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

• 翼yìwing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist
• 霞xiárose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
• 瞿qústartled; Taiwan pr. jù
• 襄xiāng(literary) to assist
• 鹭lùheron
• 鳖biēsoftshell turtle

Sounds the same

Read xiāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 消to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 销to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell
• 宵night
• 潇(of water) deep and clear
• 萧(old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary
• 箫xiao, a vertical bamboo flute
• 削to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
• 霄firmament; heaven
• 枭owl; valiant; trafficker
• 逍used in 逍遥
• 硝saltpeter; to tan (leather)
• 骁good horse; valiant