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肖

Mandarin · pinyin xiào#

similar
resembling
to resemble
to be like

Mandarin · pinyin Xiāo#

surname Xiao
Taiwan pr. Xiào

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肖: xiào · look like, resemble, be like

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4 · xiao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ciu3 · siu1

Cantonese word readings for 肖. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

to resemble
to imitate
(dialectal) to be born in the year of (one of the twelve animals)
(rare) a surname

character · Etymology 2

(obsolete) to decline; to wane

character · Etymology 3

a surname

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