xiao
/ʃjaʊ/
xiao noun: a type of Chinese flute.
Noun
xiao (plural xiaos)
- A type of Chinese flute.
- Chou studied violin and erhu (a two-stringed Chinese fiddle) and tried to emulate his second brother by dabbling in the harmonica, mandolin, xiao (a vertical Chinese flute), and the musical saw.2006, Peter M. Chang, Chou Wen-Chung: The Life and Work of a Contemporary Chinese-born American Composer
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Xiao
Xiao (plural Xiaos)
- A surname.
- Synonyms:
- Siau
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Xiao
Xiao
- Usually attached to a surname, signifying a little one, junior, small guy, younger person.
xiao meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
xiao in Hindi
- ज़ियाओ, ज़िआओ, ज़ीआओ
xiao in Tamil
- சியாவோ
xiao in Marathi
- झियाओ
xiao in Urdu
- ژیاؤ, زیاؤ
More languagesFewer languages
- xiao in Bengali
- জিয়াও
- xiao in Malayalam
- സിയാവോ, ഷിയാവോ
- xiao in Kannada
- ಕ್ಸಿಯಾವೋ, ಝಿಯಾವೋ, ಕ್ಸಿಯಾವೊ
- xiao in Punjabi
- ਜ਼ੀਆਓ
- xiao in Gujarati
- ઝિયાઓ
- xiao in Odia
- ଜିଯ଼ାଓ
- xiao in Nepali
- सियाओ, झियाओ
- xiao in Thai
- เซียว siao
- xiao in Vietnamese
- tiêu
Synonyms of xiao
- Siau
Forms of xiao
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | xiaos |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Xiaos |
| alternative form | Hsiao |
Origin of xiao
Borrowed the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 簫 /箫 (xiāo).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin for 肖 (Xiāo) and 蕭／萧 (Xiāo).
Borrowed from Mandarin 小 (xiǎo).
Phrases with xiao
Questions about xiao
- What does xiao mean?
- Xiao means a type of Chinese flute.
- What is xiao in Hindi?
- Xiao in Hindi is ज़ियाओ, ज़िआओ, ज़ीआओ. See Xiao meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is xiao?
- Xiao can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce xiao?
- Xiao is pronounced /ʃjaʊ/.
- What is the plural of xiao?
- The plural of xiao is xiaos.
Words near xiao in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: xiao (page history and authors); Xiao (page history and authors); xiao (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xiao (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xiao (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xiao (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xiao (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xiao (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xiao (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xiao (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xiao (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xiao (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xiao (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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