Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 晓冬, 晓东, 小冬, 小东, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /ɕjɑʊ̯.tʊŋ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 晓 (xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak, know, understand" or 小 (xiǎo) meaning "small" combined with 冬 (dōng) meaning "winter" or 东 (dōng) meaning "east". Other character combinations can form this name as well.