xiao

nouncommon in dialogue

//ʃjaʊ//

A type of Chinese flute.

noun

1
A type of Chinese flute.
Chou studied violin and erhu (a two-stringed Chinese fiddle) and tried to emulate his second brother by dabbling in the harmonica, mandolin, xiao (a vertical Chinese flute), and the musical saw.

Etymology

Borrowed the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 簫 /箫 (xiāo).

Forms

plural: xiaos

Xi · A river in China, the western tributary of the Pearl.XI · A football (soccer) team of eleven players.Xiang · A Chinese language spoken mainly in Hunan province, China

xiao · A type of Chinese flute.

Xiao · A surname.xu · A former unit of currency in Vietnam, equivalent to a…Xu · A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 徐 (Xú) or 許 /许.

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