xiu
Portuguese, interjection/ˈʃiw/
xiu is spelled X-I-U (3 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,596th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Xiu is a Portuguese interjection meaning “requesting silence; shh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does xiu mean in English?
interjection
- 1
requesting silence; shh
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce xiu?
- Brazil /ˈʃiw/
- Brazil [ˈʃiʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈʃiw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is xiu in Portuguese?
xiu appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).