箫 (簫)
xiāo
Pinyin

Definition

箫 (簫)
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xiāo
  1. xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes

Character Decomposition

Related Words (4)

箫
xiāo
  1. 1 xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes
吹箫
chuī xiāo
  1. 1 to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiāo] (mouth organ)
  2. 2 to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wǔ Zǐ xū], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wú shì chuī xiāo]
  3. 3 to busk
  4. 4 virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yù rén chuī xiāo]
  5. 5 (slang) fellatio
  6. 6 blowjob
笙箫
shēng xiāo
  1. 1 reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute
排箫
pái xiāo
  1. 1 see also: 箫 xiāo

Sample Sentences

不是。横吹的是笛子，竖吹的是箫。你再看那边，他们在打鼓！
bùshì 。héng chuī de shì dízi ，shù chuī de shì xiāo 。nǐ zài kàn nàbiān ，tāmen zài dǎgǔ ！
No. The one played horizontally is called a 'dizi' and the one played vertically is called a 'xiao'. Now look over there. They're playing the drums!
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