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Mandarin xiào
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Pinyin xiao4
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十乂弓木
Sijiao 4440.7
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 xiào filial piety or obedience / mourning apparel
Results beginning with 孝
 xiào shùn filial / dutiful / devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc) / to show filial piety towards (an older family member) / filial piety
 xiào jìng to show filial respect / to give presents (to one's elders or superiors) / to support one's aged parents
 xiào zǐ filial son
 xiào xīn filial piety (a Confucian obligation) / respect and obedience to one's parents
 xiào dao filial piety (Confucian virtue) / to be a good son or daughter
 xiào lián xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing / successful second degree candidate
 Xiào jīng Xiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety)
 xiào fú mourning clothes
 xiào tì filial piety and fraternal duty
 Xiào chāng Xiaochang county in Xiaogan 孝感[Xiao4 gan3], Hubei
 Xiào gǎn Xiaogan, prefecture-level city in Hubei
 Xiào nán Xiaonan district of Xiaogan city 孝感市[Xiao4 gan3 shi4], Hubei
 Xiào sù Xiaosu, posthumous name of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
 Xiào yì Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
 xiào yī mourning garment
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 Xiào chāng xiàn Xiaochang county in Xiaogan 孝感[Xiao4 gan3], Hubei
 Xiào chéng Wáng King Xiaocheng of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 266-245 BC
 Xiào gǎn shì Xiaogan, prefecture-level city in Hubei
 Xiào nán qū Xiaonan district of Xiaogan city 孝感市[Xiao4 gan3 shi4], Hubei
 Xiào shèng xiàn Empress Xiaoshengxian (1693-1777), consort of Emperor Yongzheng 雍正[Yong1 zheng4] and mother of Emperor Qianlong 乾隆[Qian2 long2]
 Xiào yì shì Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
 xiào sī bù kuì to be forever filial (idiom)
 xiào tì zhōng xìn Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends
 Xiào gǎn dì qū Xiaogan prefecture in Hubei
 xiào yí chún huáng hòu Empress
Approximate Results for 孝
 bù xiào unfilial
 jìn xiào to do one's filial duty
 dài xiào to wear mourning garb / to be in mourning
 diào xiào a condolence visit
 zhòng xiào mourning dress
 dài xiào variant of 戴孝[dai4 xiao4]
 mǎn xiào at the end of the mourning period / to fulfill one's filial duties of mourning
 shǒu xiào to observe mourning for one's parents
 tuō xiào to get through the mourning period
 xiè xiào to visit friends to thank them after a funeral
 yú xiào unquestioning filial piety
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 Míng xiào líng Ming tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], a World Heritage site
 Fèi Xiào tōng Fei Xiaotong (1910-2005), Chinese sociologist
 lǐ xiào gōng Li
 Qín Xiào gōng Duke Xiao of Qin, 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], ruled 361-338 BC during the Warring States Period
 Zēng Xiào gǔ Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style
 zhāng xiào yán John Chiang (1942-), Taiwan politician
 Zhū Xiào tiān Ken Zhu (1979-), Taiwanese singer and actor
 fù cí zǐ xiào benevolent father, filial son (idiom) / natural love between parents and children
 pī má dài xiào to wear mourning clothes / to be in mourning / also written 披麻戴孝
 pī má dài xiào to wear mourning clothes / to be in mourning / also written 披麻帶孝|披麻带孝
 zǐ xiào fù cí see 父慈子孝[fu4 ci2 zi3 xiao4]
 Er4 shí sì Xiào the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
 bǎi shàn xiào wéi xiān of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)
 bù xiào yǒu sān , wú hòu wéi dà There are three ways to be unfilial / having no sons is the worst. (citation from Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3])
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