| 萧 | xiāo | miserable; desolate; dreary; Chinese mugwort; surname Xiao |
| 萧条 | xiāo tiáo | bleak; desolate; (economic) depression or slump |
| 萧伯纳 | Xiāo bó nà | George Bernard Shaw |
| 萧红 | Xiāo Hóng | Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang |
| 大萧条 | dà xiāo tiáo | the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939) |
成也萧何，
败也萧何 | chéng yě Xiāo Hé ,
bài yě Xiāo Hé | raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom); success or failure depends solely on one individual |
| 排萧 | pái xiāo | panpipe |
| 经济萧条 | jīng jì xiāo tiáo | economic depression |
| 萧一山 | Xiāo Yī shān | Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty |
| 萧乾 | Xiāo Qián | Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator |
| 萧子显 | Xiāo Zǐ xiǎn | 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 |
| 萧山 | Xiāo shān | Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市, Zhejiang |
| 萧山区 | Xiāo shān qū | Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市, Zhejiang |
| 萧梁 | Xiāo Liáng | Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557) |
| 萧瑟 | xiāo sè | to rustle in the air; to rustle; to sough; bleak; desolate; chilly |
| 萧索 | xiāo suǒ | bleak; desolate; melancholy |
| 萧县 | Xiāo xiàn | Xiao county in Suzhou 宿州, Anhui |
| 萧万长 | Xiāo Wàn cháng | Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice-president from 2008 |
| 萧邦 | Xiāo bāng | Frédéric Chopin (Composer) |
