How to write 肖

肖 [xiāo] 名 1. Decline; waning. 2. A surname, for example, Xiao Naitai from the Yuan Dynasty. 肖 [xiāo] 形 1. Borrowed use for “small”; tiny. [En.] small; tiny 引: 《方言十二》：肖，小也。 《庄子·ń箧》：肖翘之物。 《庄子》：达生之情者傀，达于知者肖。 例: 又如: 肖翘 (small flying creatures) 肖 [xiāo] 动 1. Borrowed use for “perish”; to extinguish; to vanish; to decline, to fade. [En.] perish; die out; exterminate; decline 引: 《庄子·列御寇》：达于知者肖。 《史记·太史公自序》：申吕肖矣，尚父侧微。 2. See also xiào. 肖 [xiāo] 1. To resemble; to be similar. [En.] resemble; be similar to. 肖 [xiāo] 1. To resemble; to be similar: …像; 不～; 惟妙惟～; 神情酷～. 肖 [xiào] 动 本义: To resemble; to be similar. 造字法: Phonetic-ideographic character followed by "meat", with a faint sound. 1. The original meaning (focused on essential characteristics). [En.] be like; be similar to 2. To depict, referring to pictures or sculptures of human figures. [En.] depict 3. To emulate. [En.] follow the example of 4. See also xiāo. 肖 [xiào] 动 本义: To resemble; to be similar. 造字法: Phonetic-ideographic character followed by "meat", with a faint sound. 1. The original meaning (focused on essential characteristics). [En.] be like; be similar to 引: 《说文》：肖，骨肉相似也。字亦作俏 《列子·杨朱》：人俏天地之类。 《淮南子·地形》：肖形而蕃。 《孟子》：丹朱之不肖。 《书·说命上》：乃审厥象，俾以形旁求于天下，(傅)说筑傅岩之野，惟肖。 清·林觉民《与妻书》：使之肖我。 清·薛福成《观巴黎油画记》：无不毕肖。 例: 又如: 肖子 (a son similar to the father in interests); 肖题 (cutting to the subject); 肖似 (similar in appearance and spirit); 肖形 (to follow the shape). 2. To depict, referring to pictures or sculptures of human figures. [En.] depict 引: 以紫檀肖其象而祠之。——宋·范仲淹文 清·李斗《扬州画航录》：旁肖十六应真像。 例: 又如: 肖物 (to depict things). 3. To emulate. [En.] follow the example of 引: 宋·王安石《张君玉墓志铭》：我肖其涤，以清厥身。 例: 又如: 肖形 (to emulate in shape, also refers to general shape). 4. See also xiāo.