| [箫, xiāo, ㄒㄧㄠ] bamboo flute Radical: 竹, Decomposition: ⿱ ⺮ [zhú, ㄓㄨˊ] 肃 [sù, ㄙㄨˋ] Etymology: [pictophonetic] bamboo Variants: 簫, Rank: 3634 | | [簫, xiāo, ㄒㄧㄠ] bamboo flute Radical: 竹, Decomposition: ⿱ ⺮ [zhú, ㄓㄨˊ] 肅 [sù, ㄙㄨˋ] Etymology: [pictophonetic] bamboo Variants: 箫, Rank: 8772 |
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| 箫 | [xiāo, ㄒㄧㄠ, 箫 / 簫] xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom; same as 排簫|排箫; also translated as pan pipes, See also: 排簫, 排箫 #19,627 [Add to Longdo] | | 吹箫 | [chuī xiāo, ㄔㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠ, 吹 箫 / 吹 簫] to play the xiao 箫 (mouth organ); to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥, c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫; to busk; virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹箫; fellatio (oral sex); a blowjob, See also: 箫, 伍子胥, 吳市吹簫, 吴市吹箫, 玉人吹箫 #68,083 [Add to Longdo] | | 排箫 | [pāi xiāo, ㄆㄞ ㄒㄧㄠ, 排 箫 / 排 簫] xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom; also translated as pan pipes #147,090 [Add to Longdo] | | 吴市吹箫 | [Wú shì chuī xiāo, ㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠ, 吴 市 吹 箫 / 吳 市 吹 簫] to beg while playing the xiao 箫 (mouth organ); cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu 楚, busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician, See also: 箫, 伍子胥, 楚 #613,570 [Add to Longdo] | | 吹箫乞食 | [chuī xiāo qǐ shí, ㄔㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˊ, 吹 箫 乞 食 / 吹 簫 乞 食] to beg while playing the xiao 箫 (mouth organ); cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu 楚, busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician, See also: 箫, 伍子胥, 楚 [Add to Longdo] | | 玉人吹箫 | [yù rén chuī xiāo, ㄩˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠ, 玉 人 吹 箫 / 玉 人 吹 簫] virtuoso piper wins a beauty; the xiao 箫 (mouth organ) virtuoso 萧史 won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公, See also: 箫, 萧史, 秦穆公 [Add to Longdo] |
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