嚣 (xiāo): clamor
嚣 (xiāo) is a Chinese character meaning “clamor.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (structural), 口 (structural), 页 (structural), 口 (structural) and 口 (structural). It ranks #3019 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- clamor
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嚣张adjective | xiāo zhāng | rampant |
| 叫嚣verb | jiào xiāo | to hoot |
| 喧嚣verb | xuān xiāo | to clamor |
| 甚嚣尘上phrase | shèn xiāo chén shàng | clamor raises the dust (idiom) |
| 嚣张气焰 | xiāo zhāng qì yàn | (idiom) overweening attitude |
| 气焰嚣张 | qì yàn xiāo zhāng | see 囂張氣焰|嚣张气焰 |
| 嚣张跋扈phrase | xiāo zhāng bá hù | arrogant and despotic |
| 尘嚣noun | chén xiāo | hubbub |
嚣 appears in 8 compound words: 38 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 25 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 嚣 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
他嚣干舌燥地讲了两个小时，终于说服了大家。
tā xiāo gān shé zào dì jiǎng le liǎng gè xiǎo shí , zhōng yú shuō fú le dà jiā .
He spoke for two hours, his throat parched, and finally managed to convince everyone.
深水埗男子家庭纠纷街头叫嚣被制服 高呼:唔好揿呀!好X痛呀
shēn shuǐ 埗 nán zǐ jiā tíng jiū fēn jiē tóu jiào xiāo bèi zhì fú gāo hū : 唔 hǎo 揿 yā ! hǎo X tòng yā
Man in Sham Shui Po subdued after causing a disturbance on the street during a family dispute; he shouted, "Don't press it! It hurts like hell!"
力挺掌掴工读生暴力房仲 亲友叫嚣..酸民要人家死才甘愿?
lì tǐng zhǎng 掴 gōng dòu shēng bào lì fáng zhòng qīn yǒu jiào xiāo . . suān mín yāo rén jiā sǐ cái gān yuàn ?
Supporters of the violent real estate agent who slapped a part-time student are making inflammatory remarks... Do the haters only want him dead?
呛警:带枪嚣张?拔出来啊!脱序男下场曝
qiàng jǐng : dài qiāng xiāo zhāng ? bá chū lái a ! tuō xù nán xià chǎng pù
Man who taunted police: "You're acting all tough with your gun? Go ahead and draw it!" The fate of the unruly man revealed
...!违规骑机车还“180度压车回转” 台中嚣张猴竟是小六生
. . . ! wéi guī qí jī chē hái 1 8 0 dù yā chē huí zhuǎn tái zhōng xiāo zhāng hóu jìng shì xiǎo liù shēng
...! Riding a motorcycle illegally and performing a "180-degree U-turn"—the reckless rider in Taichung turned out to be a sixth-grader
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced xiāo
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