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

• 孝悌忠信 Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity
• 孝经(孝经) Xiao Jing; Classic of Filial Piety ; Classic of Filial Piety; Xiaojing
• 至孝 extremely filial
• 满孝(滿孝) at the end of the mourning period; to fulfill one's filial duties of mourning
• 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)
• 父慈子孝 benevolent father, filial son; natural love between parents and children
• 披麻戴孝 to wear mourning clothes; to be in mourning
• 披麻带孝(披麻帶孝) to wear mourning clothes; to be in mourning
• 孝养(孝養) filial obedience
• 戴孝 to wear mourning garb; to be in mourning
• 不孝 unfilial
• 孝悌 filial piety and fraternal duty
• 愚孝 unquestioning filial piety
• 孝慈 filial and kind
• 孝顺(孝順) filial obedience
• 尽孝(盡孝) to be filial
• 孝思不匮(孝思不匱) to be forever filial
• 孝衣 mourning garment
• 百善孝为先(百善孝為先) of all virtues filial piety is most important
• 孝女 a filial daughter ; a daughter in mourning for her parents

Also contained in

孝经解赞 、 孝德天皇 、 魏孝明帝 、 曾孝谷 、 孝庄 、 魏孝明 、 孝明 、 齐孝 、 孝成王 、 魏孝庄帝 、 魏孝文帝 、 方孝孺 、 孝道 、 孝昌 、 孝庄帝 、 孝昭王 、 朱孝天 、 孝南 、 李孝伯 、 晋孝武帝 、 孝感地区 、 孝昌县 、 宋孝宗 、 二十四孝 、 孝庄太后 、 孝惠 、 孝文帝 、 孝义市 、 费孝通 、 纯贞孝皇后 、 秦孝公

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷一百四十七 志第一百 儀衞五 Volume 147 Treatises 100: Ceremonial Guards 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 104
• 卷六十四　列傳第五十二:　韋孝寬 韋瑱 柳虯 Volume 64 Biographies 52: Wei Xiaokuan, Wei Zhen, Liu Qiu History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 104
• 卷31 列傳第23 韋孝寬 韋敻 梁士彥 Volume 31 Biographies 23: Wei Xiaokuan; Wei Xiong; Liang Shiyan Book of Zhou 周書 — count: 87
• 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
• 卷十四　　列傳第四　宋宗室及諸王下 Volume 14 Biographies 4: Members of the Song Imperial Family 2 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
• 卷三十七 志第二十七 州郡三 Volume 37 Treatises 27: Administrative Districts 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 59
• 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

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
• 孝妇 (孝婦) 東海有孝婦 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷五 貴德 Chapter 5: Valuing Virtue — 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
• 大孝 (大孝) 大孝尊親 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《祭義》 The Meaning of Sacrifices — count: 6
• 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
• 立孝 (立孝) 晉人立孝侯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 5