哨
shào HSK7

whistle

哨 shào
to whistle nounverb
to make a sharp sound by blowing through the lips or fingers, such as a 口哨 kǒu​shào
sentry noun
(bound form) a post or position used for patrol, lookout, or guard duty; a soldier performing such duties
whistle noun
(bound form) a small device blown to make a sharp sound for signaling, such as a 哨子 shào​zi
to boast adjective
(bound form) to talk big, brag, or gossip
to patrol
(bound form) to patrol or scout for the purpose of maintaining guard or gathering intelligence
to chirp
to warble or sing; used to describe the sounds made by birds
[unit of troops]
(literary) a measure word for a group of soldiers or a military unit
surname
a Chinese surname

Cross-References

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Frequency
Character
Written text
2,383rd most common 22.5 per million
Movie subtitles
2,334th most common 11.3 per million appears in 6% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.44 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
6.04 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+54E8

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)