Chinese Word: 啸 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

啸 (Trad.: 嘯)HSK 6

Pinyin: xiào

English Definition: to hiss; to whistle

Chinese Definition:
①撮口作声，打口哨：啸歌(吟咏)。啸傲。啸聚(互相招呼，聚集成集，如“啸啸山林”)。呼啸。仰天长啸。
②动物拉长声叫：虎啸。猿啸。
③自然界发出的声音：北风呼啸。海啸。
④飞机或子弹掠过时发出的声音：飞机尖啸着冲上蓝天。炮弹呼啸而过。

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 口

Pictophonetic:肃 indicates the sound; 口 (mouth) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 肃 [ sù ] to pay respects; solemn, reverent

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海啸	hǎi xiào	tsunami
呼啸HSK 6	hū xiào	to whistle; to scream; to whiz
汪啸风	wāng xiào fēng	Wang Xiaofeng (1944-), fourth governor of Hainan
呼啸而过HSK 6	hū xiào ér guò	to whistle past; to hurtle past; to zip by
奚啸伯	xī xiào bó	Xi Xiaobo (1910-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大须生

1		fēi jī 飞机 jiān 尖 xiào 啸 zhe 着 fēi guò 飞过 dǐng 顶 kòng 空。 A plane whizzed overhead.
2		zài 在 hǎi xiào 海啸 zhōng 中， xǔ duō rén 许多人 wèi le 为了 jiù zhù 救助 tā rén 他人 ér 而 fù chū 付出 le 了 shēng mìng 生命， tā men 他们 shì 是 zhēn zhèng 真正 de 的 yīng xióng 英雄。 In the tsunami, many people sacrificed their lives to save others, they are real heroes.