Usage of the character 孝
xiào
孝
[孝]
- filial piety or obedience
- mourning apparel
xiàolián
孝廉
[孝廉]
- xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing
- successful second degree candidate
Xiàosù
孝肃
[孝肅]
- Xiaosu, posthumous name of Bao Zheng 包拯 ( Bāo Zhěng) (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
yúxiào
愚孝
[愚孝]
- unquestioning filial piety
bùxiào
不孝
[不孝]
- unfilial
xiàotì
孝悌
[孝悌]
- filial piety and fraternal duty
xiàozǐ
孝子
[孝子]
- filial son
diàoxiào
吊孝
[弔孝]
- a condolence visit
Xiàonán
孝南
[孝南]
- Xiaonan district of Xiaogan city 孝感市 ( Xiàogǎnshì), Hubei
xiàofú
孝服
[孝服]
- mourning clothes
Xiàoyì
孝义
[孝義]
- Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁／吕梁 ( Lüliáng), Shanxi 山西
dàixiào
戴孝
[戴孝]
- to wear mourning garb
- to be in mourning
zhòngxiào
重孝
[重孝]
- mourning dress
Xiàojīng
孝经
[孝經]
- Xiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety)
tuōxiào
脱孝
[脫孝]
- to get through the mourning period
dàixiào
带孝
[帶孝]
- variant of 戴孝 (dàixiào)
shǒuxiào
守孝
[守孝]
- to observe mourning for one's parents
Xiàogǎn
孝感
[孝感]
- Xiaogan, prefecture-level city in Hubei
jìnxiào
尽孝
[盡孝]
- to do one's filial duty
xiàodao
孝道
[孝道]
- filial piety (Confucian virtue)
- to be a good son or daughter
xièxiào
谢孝
[謝孝]
- to visit friends to thank them after a funeral
xiàoxīn
孝心
[孝心]
- filial piety (a Confucian obligation)
- respect and obedience to one's parents
Xiàochāng
孝昌
[孝昌]
- Xiaochang county in Xiaogan 孝感 ( Xiàogǎn), Hubei
xiàojìng
孝敬
[孝敬]
- to show filial respect
- to give presents (to one's elders or superiors)
- to support one's aged parents
xiàoyī
孝衣
[孝衣]
- mourning garment
xiàoshùn
孝顺
[孝順]
- filial
- dutiful
- devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc)
- to show filial piety towards (an older family member)
- filial piety
mǎnxiào
满孝
[滿孝]
- at the end of the mourning period
- to fulfill one's filial duties of mourning
Xiàochāngxiàn
孝昌县
[孝昌縣]
- Xiaochang county in Xiaogan 孝感 ( Xiàogǎn), Hubei
Xiàoyìshì
孝义市
[孝義市]
- Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁／吕梁 ( Lüliáng), Shanxi 山西
Zhū Xiàotiān
朱孝天
[朱孝天]
- Ken Zhu (1979-), Taiwanese singer and actor
Xiàochéng Wáng
孝成王
[孝成王]
- King Xiaocheng of Zhao 趙國／赵国, reigned 266-245 BC
Míngxiàolíng
明孝陵
[明孝陵]
- Ming tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 ( Zhū Yuánzhāng), a World Heritage site
Qín Xiàogōng
秦孝公
[秦孝公]
- Duke Xiao of Qin, 秦國／秦国 ( Qínguó), ruled 361-338 BC during the Warring States Period
Zēng Xiàogǔ
曾孝谷
[曾孝谷]
- Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style
Xiàonánqū
孝南区
[孝南區]
- Xiaonan district of Xiaogan city 孝感市 ( Xiàogǎnshì), Hubei
Xiàogǎnshì
孝感市
[孝感市]
- Xiaogan, prefecture-level city in Hubei
Fèi Xiàotōng
费孝通
[費孝通]
- Fei Xiaotong (1910-2005), Chinese sociologist
Xiàoshèngxiàn
孝圣宪
[孝聖憲]
- Empress Xiaoshengxian (1693-1777), consort of Emperor Yongzheng 雍正 ( Yōngzhèng) and mother of Emperor Qianlong 乾隆 ( Qiánlóng)
pīmádàixiào
披麻带孝
[披麻帶孝]
- to wear mourning clothes
- to be in mourning
- also written 披麻戴孝
zǐxiàofùcí
子孝父慈
[子孝父慈]
- see 父慈子孝 (fùcízǐxiào)
xiàosībùkuì
孝思不匮
[孝思不匱]
- to be forever filial (idiom)
pīmádàixiào
披麻戴孝
[披麻戴孝]
- to wear mourning clothes
- to be in mourning
- also written 披麻帶孝／披麻带孝
fùcízǐxiào
父慈子孝
[父慈子孝]
- benevolent father, filial son (idiom)
- natural love between parents and children
Ershísì Xiào
二十四孝
[二十四孝]
- the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
xiàotìzhōngxìn
孝悌忠信
[孝悌忠信]
- Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity
- piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends
bǎishànxiàowéixiān
百善孝为先
[百善孝為先]
- of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)
bùxiàoyǒusān,wúhòuwéidà
不孝有三，无后为大
[不孝有三，無後為大]
- There are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst. (citation from Mencius 孟子 ( Mèngzǐ))