Keyword
to resemble
- to look like
- to be like
- Frequency
- #2087
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
xiào
Mnemonic
⺼ (flesh - "in the flesh") gives the meaning and ⺌ the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
消to diminish销to melt稍somewhat削to pare悄quiet宵night逍to ramble哨a whistle屑bits俏good-looking硝saltpeter霄firmament峭steep鞘scabbard梢tip of branch捎to deliver诮to blame艄stern of boat魈mischievious mountain spirit蛸octopus筲basket绡raw silk
Used in vocabulary
肖
similar; resembling; to resemble; to be like
肖像
portrait (painting, photo etc); (in a general sense) representation of a person; likeness
肖恩
Sean, Shaun or Shawn (name)
生肖
one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支 (dìzhī); animal from the Chinese zodiac
不肖
(literary) unlike one's parents; degenerate; unworthy
肖邦
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer
惟妙惟肖
to imitate to perfection; to be remarkably true to life
肖像权
portrait rights; right to one's image
肖扬
Xiao Yang (1938-), president of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008
努瓦克肖特
Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania
毕肖
to resemble closely; to be the very image of; to look very much like; to be the spitting image of
维妙维肖
to imitate to perfection; to be remarkably true to life
肖伯纳
Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish-born British playwright
酷肖
to strikingly resemble
肖想
(Tw) to dream of having (sth one cannot possibly have); to covet (sth beyond one's grasp) (from Taiwanese 數想, Tai-lo pr. [siàu-siūnn])
逼肖
to bear a close resemblance to; to be the very image of
肖似
to resemble; to look like