瀟 [潇]

Jyutping siu1
Pinyin xiāo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. (of water) deep and clear
  2. (of wind and rain) howling and pounding
  3. (of light rain) pattering
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (of water) deep and clear/(of wind and rain) howling and pounding/(of light rain) pattering/natural and unrestrained (mannerism)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, of water
    deep and clear
  2. character
    Xiao River (a river in Hunan, China)
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. sound of beating wind and rain
  2. light, ethereal
  3. Cangjie Input - Simplified
    XETLX
  4. Cangjie Input - Traditional
    ETLX
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #958
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我不想变得悲惨，我想要潇洒!!
    我不想變得悲慘，我想要瀟灑!!
    wǒ bù xiǎng biàn de bēi cǎn ， wǒ xiǎng yào xiāo sǎ !!
    • I don't want to be lame, I want to be cool!!
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    拍拖拍得咁辛苦，不如潇洒啲分手喇！
    拍拖拍得咁辛苦，不如瀟灑啲分手喇！
    • It's so tough to be in this romantic relationship, why don't you just naturally break it off.
  2. Cantonese
    天气咁冻都着短裙出街，真系抵冷贪潇湘！
    天氣咁凍都着短裙出街，真係抵冷貪瀟湘！
    • Wow she wears miniskirts in this kind of cold weather, she must be trying to look elegant!
  3. Cantonese
    天气咁冻，着咁少衫，小心冷亲，着多件衫，咪懒潇湘！
    天氣咁凍，着咁少衫，小心冷親，着多件衫，咪懶瀟湘！
    • The weather is so cold today! You wear so little, be careful of catching the flu! Wear more clothes, don't pretend you are some elegant lady!
  4. Cantonese
    今日得十度你都著咁少衫，一睇就知你系抵冷贪潇湘啦。
    今日得十度你都著咁少衫，一睇就知你係抵冷貪瀟湘啦。
    • Today it is only 10 degree temperature and you wear that thin, I'm sure you are withstanding the cold for the sake of slim fit style.
  5. Cantonese
    抵冷贪潇湘
    抵冷貪瀟湘
    • to withstand the cold for the sake of beauty
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    戴起副紫色太阳镜，人就潇洒 [Cantonese, trad.]戴起副紫色太阳镜，人就潇洒
    戴起副紫色太陽鏡，人就瀟灑 [Cantonese, trad.]戴起副紫色太阳镜，人就潇洒
    daai3 hei2 fu3 zi2 sik1 taai3 joeng4 geng3, jan4 zau6 siu1 saa2
    • One looks cooler after putting on a pair of purple sunglasses
  2. Mandarin
    岁月不知人间多少的忧伤，何不潇洒走一回
    歲月不知人間多少的憂傷，何不瀟灑走一回
    suì yuè bù zhī rén jiān duō shǎo di yōu shāng ， hé bù xiāo sǎ zǒu yī huí
    • Time does not know how much distress is in our world; why not live life in an unrestrained way?
  3. Mandarin
    假如我是一朵雪花，翩翩的在半空里潇洒，我一定认清我的方向——
    假如我是一朵雪花，翩翩的在半空裏瀟灑，我一定認清我的方向——
    jiǎ rú wǒ shì yī duǒ xuě huā ， ｐｉāｎｐｉāｎ de zài bàn kōng lǐ xiāo sǎ ， ｗǒ yī dìng rèn qīng wǒ de fāng xiàng —
    • Suppose that I am a snowflake,
      fluttering mid-air unconstrained;
      I would definitely know where I am going.