哨 (shào): a whistle, sentry
哨 (shào) is a Chinese character meaning “a whistle.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 肖 (phonetic). It ranks #2311 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 哨 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- a whistle
- sentry
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 口哨 | kǒu shào | whistle |
| 花哨 | huā shao | garish |
| 哨子 | shào zi | whistle |
| 放哨 | fàng shào | to keep watch |
| 前哨 | qián shào | outpost |
| 哨兵 | shào bīng | sentinel |
| 岗哨 | gǎng shào | lookout post |
| 花里胡哨 | huā li hú shào | gaudy |
| 前哨战 | qián shào zhàn | skirmish |
| 检查哨 | jiǎn chá shào | inspection post |
| 哨所 | shào suǒ | watchhouse |
| 观察哨 | guān chá shào | sentry post |
| 哨卡 | shào qiǎ | border sentry post |
| 哨子声 | shào zi shēng | whistling sound |
| 暗哨儿 | àn shào r | whistle given as a secret signal |
哨 appears in 28 compound words: 21 as the first character, 68 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 哨 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
他哨才很好，能言善辩，是个出色的律师。
tā shào cái hěn hǎo , néng yán shàn biàn , shì gě chū sè de lǜ shī .
He is a skilled orator and a gifted lawyer.
台湾课本介绍新冠肺炎吹哨者“李文亮事迹” 中国AI跳脚拒答
tái wān kè běn jiè shào xīn guàn fèi yán chuī shào zhě lǐ wén liàng shì jì zhōng guó A I tiào jiǎo jù dā
Taiwanese Textbooks Feature the Story of COVID-19 Whistleblower Li Wenliang; Chinese AI Refuses to Respond
持续深化政治整训·政治干部好样子丨深夜查哨,政委来了两次
chí xù shēn huà zhèng zhì zhěng xùn zhèng zhì gān bù hǎo yàng zǐ 丨 shēn yè chá shào , zhèng wěi lái le liǎng cì
Continue to deepen political rectification and training, political cadres look good丨Late at night, the political commissar came twice
风光发电不再“罢工”,偏远执勤哨接通长明电
fēng guāng fā diàn bù zài bà gōng , piān yuǎn zhí qín shào jiē tōng cháng míng diàn
Wind and solar power generation is no longer "on strike", and remote duty posts are connected to Changming electricity
场边人语/魔术压哨 湖人失招
chǎng biān rén yǔ mó shù yā shào hú rén shī zhāo
Sidelines/Magic buzzer Lakers missed
问那边的警察岗哨。
Wèn nàbian de jǐngchá gǎngshào.
Ask at the police box over there.
裁判吹哨两次，向大家宣布已经终场。
Cáipàn chuīshào liǎng cì, xiàng dàjiā xuānbù yǐjīng zhōngchǎng.
The referee blew his whistle twice to tell everyone it was full-time.
裁判吹响了口哨，判定他手球。
Cáipàn chuī xiǎng le kǒushào, pàndìng tā shǒuqiú.
The referee blew the whistle and called a hand ball on him.
会场内，掌声、哨声、喊声、笑声乱成了一锅粥。
Huìchǎng nèi, zhǎngshēng, shào shēng, hǎnshēng, xiàoshēng luàn chéngle yīguōzhōu.
Inside the venue, sounds of clapping, whistling, yelling, laughing blended together.
他一边驾着车，一边快乐地吹着口哨。
Tā yībiān jià zhe chē, yībiān kuàilè de chuī zhe kǒushào.
He drove his car, whistling merrily.
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