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萧

xiāo

Character Traditional 蕭

What 萧 means

1. oldChinese mugwort
2. bound formdesolate; dreary

Other readings

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

• Xiāosurname Xiao

Example sentences

• 我会弹萧邦。
  Wǒ huì tán Xiāobāng.
  I can play Chopin.
• 在十九世纪三十年代的大萧条时期，许多富人在股市崩盘中失去了一切。
  Zài shíjiǔ shìjì sānshí niándài de Dà Xiāotiáo shíqī, xǔduō fùrén zài gǔshì bēngpán zhōng shīqù le yīqiè.
  During the Depression in the 1930's, many wealthy people lost everything in the stock market crash.
• 经济萧条是一段时间内，当这样的经济活动普遍增长而造成的一种临时性的经济活动衰退。
  Jīngjìxiāotiáo shì yī duàn shíjiān nèi, dāng zhèyàng de jīngjìhuódòng pǔbiàn zēngzhǎng ér zàochéng de yīzhǒng línshí xìng de jīngjìhuódòng shuāituì.
  Recession is a temporary falling off of business activity during a period when such activity is generally increasing.
• 当30年代的沙尘暴和大萧条使人们感到绝望时，她看到一个国家用新政、新的就业机会以及对新目标的共同追求战胜恐慌。是的，我们能做到。
  Dāng 30 niándài de shāchénbào hé Dà Xiāotiáo shǐ rénmen gǎndào juéwàng shí, tā kàn dào yī gè guójiā yòng xīnzhèng, xīn de jiùyèjīhuì yǐjí duì xīn mùbiāo de gòngtóng zhuīqiú zhànshèng kǒnghuāng. shìde, wǒmen néng zuòdào.
  When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes, we can.

Words starting with 萧

• 萧条xiāo tiáobleak; desolate; (economics) in a slump; sluggish; depressed
• 萧红Xiāo HóngXiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang
• 萧瑟xiāo sèto rustle in the air; to rustle; to sough
• 萧乾Xiāo QiánXiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second…
• 萧索xiāo suǒbleak; desolate; melancholy
• 萧何Xiāo HéXiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 刘邦
• 萧邦Xiāo bāng(Taiwan) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer
• 萧然xiāo rándesolate; empty
• 萧伯纳Xiāo bó nàGeorge Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer
• 萧梁Xiāo LiángLiang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)
• 萧墙xiāo qiáng(literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture
• 萧县Xiāo XiànXiao County or Xiaoxian, a county in Suzhou City 宿州市
• 萧子显Xiāo Zǐ xiǎnXiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of…
• 萧山区Xiāo shān QūXiaoshan, a district of Hangzhou City 杭州市
• 萧规曹随Xiāo guī Cáo suílit. Xiao's 萧何; fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor…
• 萧一山Xiāo Yī shānXiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty
• 萧万长Xiāo Wàn chángVincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister…
• 萧山Xiāo shānsee 萧山区
• 萧洒xiāo sǎvariant of 潇洒

Words containing 萧

• 大萧条Dà Xiāo tiáothe Great Depression (1929-c. 1939)
• 经济萧条jīng jì xiāo tiáoeconomic depression
• 四壁萧然sì bì xiāo ránfour bare walls
• 成也萧何，败也萧何chéng yě Xiāo Hé , bài yě Xiāo Hélit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韩信…

Characters built on 肃

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

• 啸xiào(of people) to whistle; (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar
• 箫xiāoxiao, a vertical bamboo flute

Characters that look like 萧

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

• 兼jiāndouble; twice; simultaneous
• 菌jūngerm; bacteria; fungus
• 崇chónghigh; sublime; lofty
• 栗lì(literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear
• 莆púused in 莆田
• 巽xùnto obey; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; ☴

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
• 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
• 嚣clamor
• 硝saltpeter; to tan (leather)
• 骁good horse; valiant