孝
xiào
filial piety or obedience; mourning apparel
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- 哭丧棒kū sāng bàngmourning staff draped in white, held at a funeral to show filial piety
- 孝心xiào xīnfilial piety (a Confucian obligation)
- 二十四孝Èr shí sì Xiàothe Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
- 十三经Shí sān jīngthe Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼[Zhou1 li3], Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4], Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传[Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4], Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传[Gu3 liang2 Zhuan4], The Analects 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], Erya 爾雅|尔雅[Er3 ya3], Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经[Xiao4 jing1], Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3]
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孝 (xiào) means "filial piety or obedience; mourning apparel" in Chinese.
孝 is pronounced "xiào" in Mandarin Chinese. The tone number is 4.
孝 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.
Common words with 孝 include 不孝 (unfilial), 孝南 (Xiaonan district of Xiaogan city 孝感市[Xiao4 gan3 shi4], Hubei), 孝子 (filial son), 孝廉 (xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing), 孝心 (filial piety (a Confucian obligation)).
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