Chinese Word: 肖 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

肖Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 肉

Pictophonetic:⺌ indicates the sound; ⺼ (flesh - "in the flesh") conveys the meaning.

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Pinyin: xiào

English Definition:similar; resembling; to resemble; to be like

Chinese Definition:
①用本义。(侧重于本质特点上的相像)。
②用本义。［合］肖子(在志趣等方面与其父一致的儿子)；肖题(切题)；肖似(肖貌，肖神。相似，神似)；肖形(仿形)。
③刻画，谓图画或雕塑人像。［合］肖物(刻画事物)。
④仿效。［合］肖形(仿形。亦泛指形状)。

Example Words:

肖像HSK 6	xiào xiàng	portrait (painting, photo etc); (in a general sense) representation of a person; likeness
生肖HSK 6	shēng xiào	one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支 ; animal from the Chinese zodiac
惟妙惟肖	wéi miào wéi xiào	to imitate to perfection; to be remarkably true to life
不肖	bù xiào	(literary) unlike one's parents; degenerate; unworthy
酷肖	kù xiào	to strikingly resemble

Pinyin: xiāo

English Definition:surname Xiao; Taiwan pr. [Xiao4]

Example Words:

努瓦克肖特	nǔ wǎ kè xiāo tè	Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania
肖伯纳	xiāo bó nà	Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish-born British playwright
肖恩	xiāo ēn	Sean, Shaun or Shawn (name)
肖扬	xiāo yáng	Xiao Yang (1938-), president of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008
肖邦	xiāo bāng	Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer

1		tā 他 de 的 xiào xiàng 肖像 bǐ 比 tā 他 běn rén 本人 piào liang 漂亮。 His portrait flatters him.
2		zhū 猪 shì 是 shí èr shēng xiào 十二生肖 zhōng 中 de 的 zuì hòu 最后 yī gè 一个。 The pig is the last animal in the Chinese zodiac.
3		hóu zi 猴子 shì 是 zhōng guó 中国 shí èr shēng xiào 十二生肖 zhōng 中 zuì 最 shòu huān yíng 受欢迎 de 的 dòng wù 动物 zhī yī 之一。 The monkey is one of the most popular animals in the Chinese zodiac.