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孝

xiào

HSK 5 Character

What 孝 means

1. filial piety or obedience
2. mourning apparel

Example sentences

• 世上有两件事不能等：一、孝顺 二、行善。
  Shìshàng yǒu liǎng jiàn shì bù néng děng: yī, xiàoshùn èr, xíngshàn.
  There are two things in the world that cannot wait: 1. Filial piety, 2. Doing good.

Words starting with 孝

• 孝顺xiào shùnfilial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc)
• 孝敬xiào jìngto show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors)…
• 孝子xiào zǐfilial son
• 孝心xiào xīnfilial piety (a Confucian obligation); respect and obedience to one's parents
• 孝道xiào daofilial piety (Confucian virtue); to be a good son or daughter
• 孝廉xiào liánxiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing…
• 孝服xiào fúmourning clothes
• 孝经Xiào jīngXiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety)
• 孝肃Xiào sùXiaosu, posthumous name of Bao Zheng 包拯
• 孝衣xiào yīmourning garment
• 孝南区Xiào nán QūXiaonan, a district of Xiaogan City 孝感市
• 孝感市Xiào gǎn ShìXiaogan, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省
• 孝成王Xiào chéng WángKing Xiaocheng of Zhao 赵国, reigned 266-245 BC
• 孝昌县Xiào chāng XiànXiaochang, a county in Xiaogan City 孝感市
• 孝义市Xiào yì ShìXiaoyi, a county-level city in Lüliang City 吕梁市
• 孝圣宪Xiào shèng xiànEmpress Xiaoshengxian (1693-1777), consort of Emperor Yongzheng 雍正
• 孝思不匮xiào sī bù kuìto be forever filial (idiom)
• 孝悌xiào tìfilial piety and fraternal duty
• 孝悌忠信xiào tì zhōng xìnConfucian moral injunctions of fidelity; piety to one's parents, respect to one's older…
• 孝南Xiào nánsee 孝南区
• 孝感Xiào gǎnsee 孝感市
• 孝昌Xiào chāngsee 孝昌县
• 孝义Xiào yìsee 孝义市

Words containing 孝

• 不孝bù xiàounfilial
• 费孝通Fèi Xiào tōngFei Xiaotong (1910-2005), Chinese sociologist
• 守孝shǒu xiàoto observe mourning for one's parents
• 吊孝diào xiàoa condolence visit
• 愚孝yú xiàounquestioning filial piety
• 戴孝dài xiàoto wear mourning garb; to be in mourning
• 满孝mǎn xiàoat the end of the mourning period; to fulfill one's filial duties of mourning
• 尽孝jìn xiàoto do one's filial duty
• 脱孝tuō xiàoto get through the mourning period
• 谢孝xiè xiàoto visit friends to thank them after a funeral
• 重孝zhòng xiàomourning dress
• 明孝陵Míng xiào língMing tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋
• 曾孝谷Zēng Xiào gǔZeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style
• 朱孝天Zhū Xiào tiānKen Zhu (1979-), Taiwanese singer and actor
• 秦孝公Qín Xiào gōngDuke Xiao of Qin, 秦国
• 披麻戴孝pī má dài xiàoto wear mourning clothes; to be in mourning; also written 披麻带孝
• 父慈子孝fù cí zǐ xiàobenevolent father, filial son (idiom); natural love between parents and children
• 二十四孝Èr shí sì Xiàothe Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
• 百善孝为先bǎi shàn xiào wéi xiānof all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)
• 不孝有三，无后为大bù xiào yǒu sān , wú hòu wéi dàthere are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子
• 带孝dài xiàovariant of 戴孝
• 子孝父慈zǐ xiào fù císee 父慈子孝
• 披麻带孝pī má dài xiàovariant of 披麻戴孝

Characters that look like 孝

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

• 学xuéto learn; to study; to imitate
• 考kǎoto beat; to hit; variant of 考
• 享xiǎngto enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of
• 幸xìngtrusted; intimate; (of the emperor) to visit
• 卓zhuóoutstanding
• 聿yù(arch. introductory particle); then; and then

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
• 肖similar; resembling; to resemble
• 啸(of people) to whistle; (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar
• 哮pant; roar; bark (of animals)
• 恔cheerful
• 薢woody climbing plant
• 歗old variant of 啸