xiào shùn

Traditional: 孝順

HSK 7–9

孝顺 (xiào shùn) is a Chinese word meaning “filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc)”.

Meanings

  1. 1filial
  2. 2dutiful
  3. 3devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc)
  4. 4to show filial piety towards (an older family member)
  5. 5filial piety
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 孝顺

孝xiào · filial piety or obedience顺shùn · to obey

Related words

顺利smoothly; without a hitch顺便conveniently顺to obey顺序sequence顺着to follow一路顺风to have a pleasant journey (idiom)顺路by the way顺道on the way顺风lit. tail wind顺从obedient顺带(do sth) in passing顺眼pleasing to the eye; nice to look at

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