箫

bamboo flute; xiao, a vertical bamboo flute

Strokes
14
Pinyin
xiāo

Parts

Words with 箫

  1. 吹箫chuī xiāo · chuixiaoto play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1], a vertical bamboo flute; (literary) to beg on the streets (abbr. for 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1]); (slang) to give a blowjob
  2. 排箫pái xiāo · paixiaopanpipes
  3. 笙箫shēng xiāo · shengxiaoreed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute
  4. 鼻箫bí xiāo · bixiaonose flute
  5. 吴市吹箫wú shì chuī xiāo · wushichuixiao(idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1] exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4])
  6. 玉人吹箫yù rén chuī xiāo · yurenchuixiaovirtuoso piper wins a beauty; the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) virtuoso 蕭史|萧史[Xiao1 Shi3] won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公[Qin2 Mu4 gong1]

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences