孝 xiào

1. xiào verb to be filial
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '孝' v; XHZD '孝' 1, p. 825)
2. xiào noun filial piety
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 孝 is a key ideal in Confucianism. For example, 孝弟也者，其為仁之本與 'Filial piety and fraternal submission! - are they not the root of all benevolent actions?.' (Lunyu 1:2; CC-CEDICT '孝' v; Guoyu '孝' n 1; Kroll 2015 '孝' 1, p. 503; Sun 2006, loc. 1300).
3. xiào noun mourning
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 居丧的礼仪 (Guoyu '孝' n 2; Kroll 2015 '孝' 2, p. 503; XHZD '孝' 2, p. 825)
4. xiào noun mourning dress
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 穿孝 wear mourning clothes (CC-CEDICT '孝'; Guoyu '孝' n 3; XHZD '孝' 3, p. 825)
5. xiào proper noun Xiao
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '孝' n 4)

Contained in

• 披麻带孝(披麻帶孝) to wear mourning clothes; to be in mourning
• 孝养(孝養) filial obedience
• 忠孝 to be loyal to country, king, and family
• 孝女 a filial daughter ; a daughter in mourning for her parents
• 孝弟 filial piety and brotherly fraternity
• 戴孝 to wear mourning garb; to be in mourning
• 孝心 filial piety; respect and obedience to one's parents
• 孝敬 to show filial respect ; to respectfully offer
• 孝服 mourning clothes
• 至孝 extremely filial
• 谢孝(謝孝) to visit friends to thank them after a funeral
• 父慈子孝 benevolent father, filial son; natural love between parents and children
• 尽孝(盡孝) to be filial
• 不孝有三，无后为大(不孝有三，無後為大) There are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst. (citation from Mencius 孟子)
• 孝慈 filial and kind
• 挂孝(掛孝) to wear mourning clothes
• 穿孝 to wear mourning clothes
• 孝悌忠信 Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity
• 百善孝为先(百善孝為先) of all virtues filial piety is most important
• 吊孝(弔孝) a condolence visit
• 孝友 filial and brotherly
• 愚孝 unquestioning filial piety
• 脱孝(脫孝) to get through the mourning period

Also contained in

孝庄 、 孝成王 、 宋孝武 、 孝庄帝 、 神武元圣孝皇帝 、 孝昭王 、 章孝严 、 孝景 、 魏孝明帝 、 李孝伯 、 孝感市 、 明孝陵 、 孝王 、 晋孝武 、 孝庄太后 、 魏孝武帝 、 二十四孝 、 曾孝谷 、 孝昌县 、 孝建 、 孝惠 、 朱孝天 、 孝明 、 宋孝武帝 、 孝灵 、 齐孝公 、 孝义市 、 晋孝武帝

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• 卷一百十四 列傳第二 后妃二 Volume 114 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 73
• 卷三十九　列傳第二十九 殷孝祖 劉勉 Volume 39 Biographies 29: Yin Xiaozu, Liu Mian History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 67
• 卷57 高祐 崔挺 Volume 57: Gao You, Cui Ting Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 65
• 卷六十 列傳第十: 宗室 (太祖諸子 代祖諸子) Volume 60 Biographies 10: Members of the Imperial Family (All Descendents of Taizu and Daizu) Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 64
• 卷一百三十四 志第八十七 樂九 Volume 134 Treatises 87: Music 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 58
• 卷一百十三 列傳第一 后妃一 Volume 113 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 58
• 卷一百四十一 列傳第九十一: 田承嗣 田弘正 張孝忠 Volume 141 Biographies 91: Tian Chengsi, Tian Hongzhen, Zhang Xiaozhong Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 57

Collocations

• 孝公 (孝公) 鄭姬生孝公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 23
• 孝孙 (孝孫) 孝孫有慶 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧楚茨 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Chhu Ci — count: 17
• 慈孝 (慈孝) 是以入則不慈孝父母 — Mozi 墨子, 卷二 尚賢中 Book 2 - Exaltation of the Virtuous II — count: 13
• 孝伯 (孝伯) 生孝伯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 9
• 言孝 (言孝) 永言孝思 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧下武 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Xia Wu — count: 7
• 孟孝 (孟孝) 孟孝伯侵齊 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
• 子孝 (子孝) 子孝 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6
• 大孝 (大孝) 大孝尊親 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《祭義》 The Meaning of Sacrifices — count: 6
• 问孝 (問孝) 孟懿子問孝 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 2. 《為政》 Wei Zheng — count: 5
• 夫孝 (夫孝) 夫孝 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《祭義》 The Meaning of Sacrifices — count: 5