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xiào

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Definitions

  1. 1. filial piety or obedience
  2. 2. mourning apparel

Words Containing 孝

孝感市
xiào gǎn shì

Xiaogan, prefecture-level city in Hubei

孝经
xiào jīng

Xiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety)

不孝有三,无后为大
bù xiào yǒu sān , wú hòu wéi dà

There are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst. (citation from Mencius 孟子[mèng zǐ])

重孝
zhòng xiào

mourning dress

孝廉
xiào lián

xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing

孝成王
xiào chéng wáng

King Xiaocheng of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 266-245 BC

子孝父慈
zǐ xiào fù cí

see 父慈子孝[fù cí zǐ xiào]

孝义市
xiào yì shì

Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西

愚孝
yú xiào

unquestioning filial piety

孝悌忠信
xiào tì zhōng xìn

Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity

父慈子孝
fù cí zǐ xiào

benevolent father, filial son (idiom)

孝顺
xiào shùn

filial

戴孝
dài xiào

to wear mourning garb

孝义
xiào yì

Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西

不孝
bù xiào

unfilial

曾孝谷
zēng xiào gǔ

Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style

孝道
xiào dao

filial piety (Confucian virtue)

孝昌县
xiào chāng xiàn

Xiaochang county in Xiaogan 孝感[xiào gǎn], Hubei

谢孝
xiè xiào

to visit friends to thank them after a funeral

秦孝公
qín xiào gōng

Duke Xiao of Qin, 秦國|秦国[qín guó], ruled 361-338 BC during the Warring States Period

朱孝天
zhū xiào tiān

Ken Zhu (1979-), Taiwanese singer and actor

孝敬
xiào jìng

to show filial respect

孝南
xiào nán

Xiaonan district of Xiaogan city 孝感市[xiào gǎn shì], Hubei

披麻戴孝
pī má dài xiào

to wear mourning clothes

孝思不匮
xiào sī bù kuì

to be forever filial (idiom)

孝悌
xiào tì

filial piety and fraternal duty

二十四孝
èr shí sì xiào

the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty

孝衣
xiào yī

mourning garment

尽孝
jìn xiào

to do one's filial duty

满孝
mǎn xiào

at the end of the mourning period

守孝
shǒu xiào

to observe mourning for one's parents

孝心
xiào xīn

filial piety (a Confucian obligation)

孝肃
xiào sù

Xiaosu, posthumous name of Bao Zheng 包拯[bāo zhěng] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty

孝感
xiào gǎn

Xiaogan, prefecture-level city in Hubei

费孝通
fèi xiào tōng

Fei Xiaotong (1910-2005), Chinese sociologist

明孝陵
míng xiào líng

Ming tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[zhū yuán zhāng], a World Heritage site

孝南区
xiào nán qū

Xiaonan district of Xiaogan city 孝感市[xiào gǎn shì], Hubei

孝子
xiào zǐ

filial son

脱孝
tuō xiào

to get through the mourning period

孝昌
xiào chāng

Xiaochang county in Xiaogan 孝感[xiào gǎn], Hubei

披麻带孝
pī má dài xiào

to wear mourning clothes

百善孝为先
bǎi shàn xiào wéi xiān

of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)

吊孝
diào xiào

a condolence visit

孝服
xiào fú

mourning clothes

孝圣宪
xiào shèng xiàn

Empress Xiaoshengxian (1693-1777), consort of Emperor Yongzheng 雍正[yōng zhèng] and mother of Emperor Qianlong 乾隆[qián lóng]