Chinese words starting with “xiao”
52 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable xiao. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 20 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial x · final iao · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 16
- 3rd tone 24
- 4th tone 12
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 小时xiǎo shíHSK 1
hour
- 消息xiāo xiHSK 3
news; information
- 效果xiào guǒHSK 3
result; effect; efficacy; (theater) sound or visual effects
- 小心xiǎo xīnHSK 2
to be careful; to take care
- 消失xiāo shīHSK 3
to disappear; to fade away
- 小姐xiǎo jieHSK 1
young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute
- 小组xiǎo zǔHSK 2
group
- 销售xiāo shòuHSK 4
to sell; to market; sales (representative, agreement etc)
- 小说xiǎo shuōHSK 2
novel; fiction
- 小时候xiǎo shí houHSK 2
in one's childhood
- 校长xiào zhǎngHSK 2
(college, university) president; headmaster
- 小学xiǎo xuéHSK 1
elementary school; primary school
- 笑话xiào huaHSK 2
joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock
- 校园xiào yuánHSK 2
campus
- 消费xiāo fèiHSK 3
to consume; to spend
- 小朋友xiǎo péng yǒuHSK 1
child
- 小声xiǎo shēngHSK 2
in a low voice; (speak) in whispers
- 小学生xiǎo xué shēngHSK 1
primary school student; schoolchild; (fig.) beginner
- 小孩儿xiǎo hái rHSK 1
erhua variant of 小孩; child
- 笑话儿xiàohuar5HSK 2
Joke
All 52 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 小 | xiǎo | a,ad | small; tiny; few; young | |
| 2 | 笑 | xiào | v,vn | to laugh; to smile; to laugh at | |
| 3 | 消防 | xiāo fáng | b | firefighting; fire control | |
| 4 | 笑容 | xiào róng | n | smile; smiling expression | |
| 5 | 消除 | xiāo chú | v | to eliminate; to remove | |
| 6 | 消灭 | xiāo miè | v | to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory) | |
| 7 | 小伙子 | xiǎo huǒ zi | n | young man; young guy; lad; youngster | |
| 8 | 效应 | xiào yìng | n | effect (scientific phenomenon) | |
| 9 | 小型 | xiǎo xíng | b | small scale; small size | |
| 10 | 小偷 | xiǎo tōu | n | thief | |
| 11 | 效率 | xiào lǜ | n | efficiency | |
| 12 | 晓得 | xiǎo de | v | to know | |
| 13 | 消化 | xiāo huà | v,vn | to digest (food); (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process | |
| 14 | 消 | xiāo | v | to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take | |
| 15 | 销量 | xiāo liàng | n | sales volume | |
| 16 | 消耗 | xiāo hào | v,vn | to use up; to consume | |
| 17 | 效力 | xiào lì | n,v | effectiveness; positive effect; to serve (in some capacity) | |
| 18 | 小区 | xiǎo qū | n | neighborhood; district | |
| 19 | 消毒 | xiāo dú | v,vn | to disinfect; to sterilize | |
| 20 | 笑声 | xiào shēng | n | laughter | |
| 21 | 消费者 | xiāo fèi zhě | n | consumer | |
| 22 | 小人 | xiǎo rén | n | person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character | |
| 23 | 消极 | xiāo jí | a,ad | negative; passive; inactive | |
| 24 | 小品 | xiǎo pǐn | n | short, simple literary or artistic creation; essay; skit | |
| 25 | 小麦 | xiǎo mài | n | wheat | |
| 26 | 销毁 | xiāo huǐ | v,vn | to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate | |
| 27 | 笑脸 | xiào liǎn | n | smiling face; smiley :) ☺ | |
| 28 | 潇洒 | xiāo sǎ | a,ad | confident and at ease; free and easy | |
| 29 | 小吃 | xiǎo chī | n | snack; refreshments | |
| 30 | 小丑 | xiǎo chǒu | n | clown | |
| 31 | 小心翼翼 | xiǎo xīn yì yì | l | cautious and solemn (idiom); very carefully; prudent; gently and cautiously | |
| 32 | 销 | xiāo | v | to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell; to expend; to spend; pin; bolt; to fasten with a pin or bolt | |
| 33 | 小提琴 | xiǎo tí qín | n | fiddle; violin | |
| 34 | 小路 | xiǎo lù | n | minor road; lane; pathway; trail | |
| 35 | 小气 | xiǎo qì | a | stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; petty | |
| 36 | 小看 | xiǎo kàn | v | to look down on; to underestimate | |
| 37 | 小于 | xiǎo yú | v | less than, < | |
| 38 | 消遣 | xiāo qiǎn | v,vn | to while the time away; amusement; pastime; recreation; to make sport of | |
| 39 | 效益 | xiào yì | n | benefit; effectiveness; efficiency | |
| 40 | 小溪 | xiǎo xī | n | brook; streamlet | |
| 41 | 萧条 | xiāo tiáo | a,an | bleak; desolate; (economics) in a slump; sluggish; depressed | |
| 42 | 肖像 | xiào xiàng | n | portrait (painting, photo etc); (in a general sense) representation of a person; likeness | |
| 43 | 小贩 | xiǎo fàn | n | peddler; hawker | |
| 44 | 小费 | xiǎo fèi | nr,n | tip; gratuity | |
| 45 | 孝顺 | xiào shùn | v,a,an | filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety | |
| 46 | 消沉 | xiāo chén | a | depressed; bad mood; low spirit | |
| 47 | 效仿 | xiào fǎng | v | see 仿效 | |
| 48 | 孝敬 | xiào jìng | v | to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents | |
| 49 | 小康 | xiǎo kāng | n | moderately affluent; well-off; a period of peace and prosperity | |
| 50 | 小曲 | xiǎo qǔ | n,nr | popular song; folk tune; ballad |
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