萧
蕭Meanings
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- 1.surname Xiao
- 1.(old) Chinese mugwort
- 2.(bound form) desolate; dreary
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Wiktionary
- 1.deep and clear
- 2.Xiao River (a river in Hunan, China)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sɯːw): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 蕭 (OC *sɯːw).
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Related words
萧条 bleak; desolate萧何 Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 刘邦[Liú Bāng] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚汉战争[Chǔ Hàn Zhàn zhēng]萧红 Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang萧然 desolate萧墙 (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture萧县 Xiao County or Xiaoxian, a county in Suzhou City 宿州市[Sù zhōu Shì], Anhui萧洒 variant of 潇洒[xiāo sǎ]萧瑟 to rustle in the air萧山 see 萧山区[Xiāo shān Qū]萧邦 (Tw) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer萧索 bleak萧乾 Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator