箫 - xiāo - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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箫 (簫)

xiāo

Definition

xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom
same as 排簫|排箫
also translated as pan pipes

Character Decomposition

Related words (6)

吹箫

chuī xiāo

to play the xiao 箫 (mouth organ); to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥, c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吴市吹箫; to busk; virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹箫; (slang) fellatio; blowjob

排箫

pái xiāo

xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom; also translated as pan pipes

笙箫

shēng xiāo

reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute

nose flute

to beg while playing the xiao 箫 (mouth organ); cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu 楚, busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician

玉人吹箫

yù rén chuī xiāo

virtuoso piper wins a beauty; the xiao 箫 (mouth organ) virtuoso 萧史 won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公

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