哨
shào
Pinyin

Definition

哨
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shào
  1. a whistle
  2. sentry

Character Decomposition

Related Words (14)

花哨
huā shao
  1. 1 garish
  2. 2 gaudy
前哨
qián shào
  1. 1 outpost
  2. 2 (fig.) front line
口哨
kǒu shào
  1. 1 whistle
吹口哨
chuī kǒu shào
  1. 1 to whistle
吹哨
chuī shào
  1. 1 to blow a whistle
  2. 2 to whistle

Idioms (1)

明岗暗哨
míng gǎng àn shào
  1. 1 both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哎，我老婆喜欢东南亚风格，说有异域风情。我喜欢简约的设计，不会过时嘛。弄得那么花里胡哨，过几年看，肯定觉得俗气。
āi ，wǒ lǎopo xǐhuan dōngnányà fēnggé ，shuō yǒu yìyù fēngqíng 。wǒ xǐhuan jiǎnyuē de shèjì ，bùhuì guòshí ma 。nòng de nà me huālihúshào ，guò jǐnián kàn ，kěndìng juéde súqì 。
Ah, my wife would like a Southeast Asian theme, she says it's exotic. I like simpler designs that will never go out of style. If you make it too garish, in a few years it'll seem vulgar.
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真希望她们拿到冠军！欸！这个裁判太夸张了！对方犯规都不吹哨！
zhēn xīwàng tāmen ná dào guànjūn ！èi ！zhè ge cáipàn tài kuāzhāng le ！duìfāng fànguī dōu bù chuīshào ！
I really hope they'll win the championship! Ah! This referee is really something else! He's not making any calls against the opposition!
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距离我方前哨阵地大约多久路程？
jùlí wǒfāng qiánshào zhèndì dàyuē duōjiǔ lùchéng ？
They are at approximately how long of a distance from our advance guards' position?
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可不是，国内联赛充斥着假球黑哨，国际比赛又遇弱不强。上次一朋友打趣说，关于国足的消息应该从体育版块转到娱乐版块，因为太有戏剧性了。
kěbushì ，guónèi liánsài chōngchì zhe jiǎqiú hēishào ，guójì bǐsài yòu yù ruò bù qiáng 。shàngcì yī péngyou dǎqù shuō ，guānyú guózú de xiāoxi yīnggāi cóng tǐyù bǎnkuài zhuǎn dào yúlè bǎnkuài ，yīnwèi tài yǒu xìjù xìng le 。
Exactly. The Chinese league matches are filled with rigged games and corrupt referees, and even against the weak international teams, we're still no good. A friend of mine was poking fun of football news the other day and said they should just hurry up and move it to the entertainment section because it's so dramatic.
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黑哨
hēishào
Black whistle
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