surname Xiao

(old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary

Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang

Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator

Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1]

Xiao County or Xiaoxian, a county in Suzhou City 宿州市[Su4 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui

(literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture

see 蕭山區|萧山区[Xiao1 shan1 Qu1]

Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)

variant of 瀟灑|潇洒[xiao1 sa3]

desolate; empty

to rustle in the air; to rustle; to sough; bleak; desolate; chilly

bleak; desolate; melancholy

(Tw) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer

Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty

Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice president 2008-2012

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer

Xiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of History of Qi of the Southern dynasties 南齊書|南齐书[Nan2 Qi2 shu1]

Xiaoshan, a district of Hangzhou City 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang

lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[Xiao1 He2] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[Cao2 Can1] (idiom); fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor; to follow precedent