xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom
箫 is a 14 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as xiāo in the first tone.
In traditional Chinese the character 簫 is used.
It is made up of the components ⺮ (bamboo) and 肃 (reverently).
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 箫
Definitions for 箫 pronounced as xiāo
- xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom
- same as 排簫|排箫
- also translated as pan pipes
Vocabulary
The most common words for 箫 — see all
- to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ)
- to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1]
- to busk
- virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1]
- (slang) fellatio
- blowjob
- reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute
- xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom
- also translated as pan pipes