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HSK
7-9

to whistle

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xiao4 xiào

Meaning


Primary

to whistle

Alternatives

whistle

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in the [4] bathroom of the [-ao] barn playing around. She sits on top of a 丿 slide with a hollow 丨 rod in her hand and a box of ハ fins next to her. She uses a pen to grab one ハ fin at a time from the bucket and sends it down the slide. As it goes down, Xena puts her 口 mouth to the 丨 rod and blows into it to 啸 whistle. Some other farm animals near the manure piles 啸 whistle in disbelief... it seems that Xena has really gone a bit crazy working at the farm.

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