枭 (梟) xiāo

  1. xiāo noun an owl
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '梟'; Guoyu '梟' n 1; Kroll 2015 '梟' 1, p. 500; Unihan '梟'; Wikipedia '猫头鹰')
  2. xiāo adjective an aggressive person
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '梟'; Guoyu '梟' n 3; Kroll 2015 '梟' 2, p. 500)
  3. xiāo noun chief
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '梟' n 2; Kroll 2015 '梟' 3, p. 500)
  4. xiāo verb to hang the severed head of a criminal on a wooden stake
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '梟' v 1; Kroll 2015 '梟' 4, p. 500)
  5. xiāo noun peak; summit
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '梟' n 4; Kroll 2015 '梟' 5, p. 500)
  6. xiāo verb hanging
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '梟' 4a, p. 500)
  7. xiāo noun a type; a kind
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '梟' 6, p. 500)
  8. xiāo verb to annihilate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '梟' v 2)
  9. xiāo adjective courageous
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '梟' adj)
  10. xiāo pronoun thus
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Unihan '梟')
  11. xiāo noun something evil
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Unihan '梟')

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