"xiao" meaning in All languages combined

See xiao on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ʃjaʊ/ Forms: xiaos [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 簫 /箫 (xiāo). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{bor|en|cmn|簫|tr=xiāo}} Mandarin 簫 /箫 (xiāo) Head templates: {{en-noun}} xiao (plural xiaos)
  1. A type of Chinese flute. Wikipedia link: en:Xiao (flute), en:xiao Categories (topical): Musical instruments, Woodwind instruments Translations (Chinese flute): 簫 /箫 (xiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 洞簫 /洞箫 (dòngxiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), (shō) (alt: しょう) (Japanese), (so) (Korean), ᡶᡳᠴᠠᡴᡡ (ficakū) (Manchu), сяо (sjao) (Russian), เซียว (siao) (Thai), tiêu (Vietnamese)

Romanization [Mandarin]

Head templates: {{cmn-pinyin|notr=1}} xiao
  1. Nonstandard spelling of xiāo. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: xiāo
    Sense id: en-xiao-cmn-romanization-MOCvXaVO Categories (other): Mandarin entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Mandarin entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Mandarin terms with redundant script codes: 25 25 25 25
  2. Nonstandard spelling of xiáo. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: xiáo
    Sense id: en-xiao-cmn-romanization-Wga1laTD Categories (other): Mandarin entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Mandarin entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Mandarin terms with redundant script codes: 25 25 25 25
  3. Nonstandard spelling of xiǎo. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: xiǎo
    Sense id: en-xiao-cmn-romanization-rhszNAk9 Categories (other): Mandarin entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Mandarin entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Mandarin terms with redundant script codes: 25 25 25 25
  4. Nonstandard spelling of xiào. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: xiào
    Sense id: en-xiao-cmn-romanization-e0n9MrHq Categories (other): Mandarin entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Mandarin entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Mandarin terms with redundant script codes: 25 25 25 25

Inflected forms

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