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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 where she finds a strange hollow pen next to the pile of manure. She wipes it off in the sink then blows into it with her 口 mouth. Sure enough her 嘯 whistle opens up an abyss next to the sink, swallowing the manure. Xena tries 嘯 to whistle again to make it stop, but the abyss keeps on growing, until it swallows her, too.

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