03315 Chinese character of 嘯 and pronounce siu3

The Chinese character【嘯】that we will explain today is a word that describes a sound or an animal. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Long howl.

This section provides the pronunciation of the Chinese character.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【嘯】:xiào

Cantonese Jyutping of 【嘯】:siu3

Here is an explanation of the primary details of the Chinese character 【嘯】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【嘯】, for example:Describing a sound or animal , It means mainly a long howl .The elaborate meanings of Chinese characters allow for specialized applications that might not be fully expressed here.

【嘯】stands alone as a word, yet when paired with others, it leads to complex linguistic structures, for instance【狼嘯】(Mandarin Pinyin:láng xiào/ Cantonese Jyutping:long4 siu3)

Writing this character requires 15 strokes,It is a Chinese character that must be learned by those aiming to reach a near-native level of proficiency in Chinese,Below is a sample sentence featuring this character in real usage.:


風在山間呼嘯,聲音低沉悠遠。

The wind howled in the mountains, the sound low and distant.


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