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xiāo

HSK 3.0 · 7–9

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

xiāo · siu1 (Jyutping)

  1. to diminish; to subside
  2. to consume; to reduce
  3. to idle away (the time)
  4. (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

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Meaning
vanish, die out; melt away
Radical
氵
Strokes
10
Components
⿰氵肖
Cangjie
EFB
Four-corner
3912.7

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