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xiaos

xiaos is the plural of xiao.

Meaning of xiao

Noun

xiao (plural xiaos)

  1. 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

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Proper noun capitalized: Xiaos

Xiaos

  1. (plural) plural of Xiao

Questions about xiaos

What is xiaos the plural of?
Xiaos is the plural of xiao.
What part of speech is xiaos?
Xiaos is a proper noun.

Words near xiaos in the dictionary

  1. Xiaomi
  2. Xiaomin
  3. Xiaomis
  4. Xiaonan
  5. xiaoruan
  6. xiaos
  7. Xiaoshahe
  8. Xiaoting
  9. Xiaoyi
  10. xiapei
  11. Xiapu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: xiaos (page history and authors); Xiaos (page history and authors); xiao (page history and authors). 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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