xiāo
adjective #24,567

Meanings

  1. 1 clamorous
  2. 2 noisy
  3. 3 arrogant
  4. 4 presumptuous

Examples

Shìjǐng xuānxiāo, lìng rén nán yǐ rù mián.
The clamor of the market made it hard to fall asleep.
Qìyàn xiāozhāng de guānyuán zuìzhōng shòudào le fǎlǜ de zhìcái.
The arrogant official was eventually punished by law.

Tips

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is a classical/literary character rarely used alone in modern Chinese. It appears in set phrases: 喧嚣 (clamor/hubbub), 嚣张 (arrogant/rampant), (worldly clamor).

Stroke Order

xiāo