xiào
孝 (xiào) is a Chinese word meaning “filial piety or obedience; mourning apparel”.
Meanings
- 1filial piety or obedience
- 2mourning apparel
Related words
孝顺filial孝子filial son孝敬to show filial respect不孝unfilial戴孝to wear mourning garb守孝to observe mourning for one's parents孝心filial piety (a Confucian obligation)孝道filial piety (Confucian virtue)尽孝to do one's filial duty不孝有三，无后为大there are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3])吊孝a condolence visit孝廉xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing