啸
Ancient forms
1 formGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
xiào xiao4
- (of people) to whistle
- (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar
Example sentences
- The tsunami alert was cancelled.
- An earthquake, 8.9 on the Richter scale, hits Japan and causes a massive tsunami.
- qùnián 去年 zài 在 fēilǜbīn 菲律宾 , dìzhèn 地震 hé 和 hǎixiào 海啸 zàochéng 造成 le 了 chāoguò 超过 6000 rén 人 de 的 sǐwáng 死亡 。Last year in the Philippines, earthquakes and tidal waves resulted in the deaths of more than 6,000 people.
HSK words with 啸
More words with 啸
- 啸叫 xiàojiào to squeal; to screech
- 紫啸鸫 zǐxiàodōng (bird species of China) blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
- 呼啸而过 hūxiàoérguò to whistle past
- 汪啸风 WāngXiàofēng Wang Xiaofeng (1944-), fourth governor of Hainan
- 奚啸伯 XīXiàobó Xi Xiaobo (1910-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生