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肖

xiào

HSK 6 Character

What 肖 means

1. similar
2. resembling
3. to resemble
4. to be like

Other readings

肖 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Xiāosurname Xiao; Taiwan pr. Xiào

Example sentences

• 我在弹肖邦。
  Wǒ zài tán Xiāobāng.
  I am playing Chopin.
• 给我弹一曲肖邦。
  Gěi wǒ tán yī qǔ Xiāobāng.
  Play Chopin for me.
• 肖恩，安稳睡啊。
  Sleep tight, Sean.
• 墙上有一张鲍勃的肖像画。
  There is a portrait of Bob on the wall.
• 墙上挂着一幅鲍勃的肖像。
  There is a portrait of Bob on the wall.
• 墙上挂着 Bob 的肖像画。
  There is a portrait of Bob on the wall.

Words starting with 肖

• 肖像xiào xiàngportrait (painting, photo etc); (in a general sense) representation of a person; likeness
• 肖邦Xiāo bāngFrédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer
• 肖恩Xiāo ēnSean, Shaun or Shawn (name)
• 肖似xiào sìto resemble; to look like
• 肖想xiào xiǎng(Taiwan) to dream of having (sth one cannot possibly have)…
• 肖扬Xiāo YángXiao Yang (1938-), president of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008
• 肖伯纳Xiāo Bó nàBernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish-born British playwright
• 肖像权xiào xiàng quánportrait rights; right to one's image
• 肖蛸xiāo shāovariant of 蟏蛸

Words containing 肖

• 生肖shēng xiàoone of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支…
• 惟妙惟肖wéi miào wéi xiàoto imitate to perfection; to be remarkably true to life
• 不肖bù xiào(literary) unlike one's parents; degenerate; unworthy
• 毕肖bì xiàoto resemble closely; to be the very image of; to look very much like
• 逼肖bī xiàoto bear a close resemblance to; to be the very image of
• 酷肖kù xiàoto strikingly resemble
• 生肖属相shēng xiào shǔ xiàngbirth year as designated by animal symbols (mouse, ox, tiger etc)
• 维妙维肖wéi miào wéi xiàoto imitate to perfection; to be remarkably true to life
• 努瓦克肖特Nǔ wǎ kè xiāo tèNouakchott, capital of Mauritania

Characters built on 月

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

• 脚jiǎofoot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)
• 胶jiāoto glue; glue; gum
• 脲niàocarbamide; urea (NH2)2CO; also written 尿素
• 膘biāo(usu. of livestock) fat
• 膫liáomale genitals; old variant of 膋

Characters that look like 肖

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

• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 育yùto have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
• 男nán(bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位
• 苣jùused in 莴苣
• 帛bósilk
• 酉yǒu10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the…

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
• 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