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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 小卒 | xiǎo zú | n | foot soldier; minor figure; a nobody; (chess) pawn | |
| 52 | 小偷儿 | xiǎotōur5 | Thief |
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