HSK 6 · Adjectives

潇洒 xiāosǎ “free and easy” in Chinese

Traditional 瀟灑

What 潇洒 means

  1. free and easy
  2. natural and elegant
  3. confident and at ease

How to say 潇洒

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale潇xiāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale洒sǎ3rd tone, dipping

潇洒 in a sentence

  1. 他穿着西装，显得很潇洒。

    Tā chuān zhe xīzhuāng, xiǎnde hěn xiāosǎ.

    He looks very dashing in his suit.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她潇洒地挥了挥手，就走了。

    Tā xiāosǎ de huī le huīshǒu, jiù zǒu le.

    She gave a casual wave and left.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 潇洒 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 潇 (xiāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
潇xiāodeep and clear
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 萧mournful · xiāoSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 萧 (xiāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiāo.

The character 洒 (sǎ) with each of its parts in a different colour
洒sǎto sprinkle
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 西west · xīSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 西 (xī) hints at the sound. Compare it with sǎ.

How to write 潇洒

潇 14 strokes · 洒 9 strokes

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潇洒 (xiāosǎ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 潇洒 (xiāosǎ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 潇洒

Words with 洒

洒sǎ · to sprinkle

More words: Adjectives

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FAQs

潇洒 (xiāosǎ) means “free and easy” or “natural and elegant”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiāosǎ: xiāo with a 1st tone, then sǎ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 潇洒 is written 瀟灑. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiaosa with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 潇洒 from the suggestions. Typing xiaosa into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
潇洒 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.