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孝
Mandarin · pinyin xiào
Meanings
- filial piety or obedience
- mourning apparel
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- 孝
- xiào · filial piety, obedience; mourning
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Mandarin tones
4 · xiao4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 孝. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to do one's filial duty; to show filial piety
- filial piety; filial duty
- mourning
- mourning dress
- (Southern Min) to offer up sacrifices (to gods or ancestors)
- (Mainland China Hokkien) custom and etiquette to be observed after the death of one's seniors
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, vulgar, derogatory) to eat
- a surname
- (Internet slang, derogatory) to exhibit excessive or blind support for a person or thing
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