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嘯

xiào

roar, howl, scream; whistle

Strokes
16
Radical
口
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 啸

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 啸, the simplified form of 嘯. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 海啸来了,密切注意啊。

    Hǎi xiào lái le mì qiè zhù yì ā

    A tsunami is coming, so please be on the alert.

  • 海啸的警报解除了。

    Hǎi xiào de jǐng bào jiě chú le

    The tsunami alert was cancelled.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 啸

  • 呼啸hū xiào 1–4 to whistle; to scream; to whiz
  • 海啸hǎi xiào 3–4 tsunami