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Information of 笑

Pinyin xiào

Radical

竹

Strokes

10 strokes

Usage

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Definition

laugh / smile

笑 [xiào] 1. To display a joyful expression and emit cheerful sounds. - Examples: 笑容 (smiling face), 笑颜 (smiling appearance), 笑眯眯 (smiling with squinting eyes), 谈笑风生 (witty conversation). 2. To ridicule. - Examples: 笑柄 (object of ridicule), 笑话 (joke), 笑谈 (to jest), 贻笑大方 (to cause embarrassment), 嘲笑 (to mock), 见笑 (to be laughed at), 耻笑 (to ridicule). 【本义】: Because of joy, one smiles or makes a sound. 【造字法】: Pictophonetic compound. From 竹 (bamboo), and 夭 (young). Yang Chengqing said, “Bamboo bends in the wind, just like a person smiling.” The character may derive from bamboo and young. Synonyms: 1. Same as the original meaning (English: smile; laugh). 2. To ridicule (English: ridicule). 3. Joke; make fun of (English: joke; make fun of). 4. To like; to admire (English: like). 5. Metaphorically represents flowers blooming (English: bloom; open). 【引】: 1. "说文":笑, 喜也. 杨承庆曰: “竹得风，其体夭屈，如人之笑也。” 2. "字林":竹为乐器，君子乐然后笑也. 朱骏声曰: “此字古皆从犬，本义犬狎人声也。从犬，箾省声。” 3. "易·萃": 一握为笑。 4. "诗·卫风·氓": 载笑载言。 5. 言笑晏晏。 6. "列子·汤问": 两小儿笑曰。 7. "论语·宪问": 乐然后笑，人不厌其笑。 8. "聊斋志异·狼三则": 止增笑耳。 9. "列子·汤问": 笑而止之。 10. 清· 周容《芋老人传》: 笑而不顾。 Examples: 1. 笑唏唏 (laughing happily), 笑咍咍 (laughing loudly), 笑浪 (laughing freely), 笑面夜叉 (a seemingly kind person with a cruel heart). 2. 贻笑大方: To create embarrassment through ridicule. 3. 笑嗷 (to laugh joyfully; to play), 笑乐院本 (a short play before the main performance), 笑耍头回 (an introductory story told before the main tale in traditional performance). 4. 喜爱 (to like), as in 笑眼传心 (to express feelings through smiles), 笑悦 (joyful laughter), 笑叹 (both laughable and lamentable). 5. 比喻花朵开放 (metaphor for flowers blooming), as in 笑笑 (a manner of blooming flowers), 笑靥金 (a nickname for chrysanthemums).

含笑 hán xiào

to have a smile on one's face

笑呵呵 xiào hē hē

happy and gay / cheerful and gay / smilingly

嘲笑 cháo xiào

to jeer at / to deride / to ridicule / mockery / derision

笑嘻嘻 xiào xī xī

grinning / smiling

笑咪咪 xiào mī mī

Laughing Mimi

笑吟吟 xiào yín yín

smiling / with a smile

哄笑 hōng xiào

to roar with laughter / hoots of laughter / guffaw

哄堂大笑 hōng táng dà xiào

the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)

哄笑声 hōng xiào shēng

Laughter

哄然大笑 hōng rán dà xiào

laugh uproariously / roar with laughter / burst into a guffaw / a volley of laughter

哈哈大笑 hā hā dà xiào

to laugh heartily / to burst into loud laughter

哑然失笑 yǎ rán shī xiào

to laugh involuntarily / Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]

哗笑 huá xiào

uproarious laughter

哭笑不得 kū xiào bù dé

lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears

啼笑皆非 tí xiào jiē fēi

lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears

嗤笑 chī xiào

to sneer at

嘻皮笑脸 xī pí xiào liǎn

see 嬉皮笑臉|嬉皮笑脸[xi1 pi2 xiao4 lian3]

嘻笑 xī xiào

laugh merrily

笑声 xiào shēng

laughter

媚笑 mèi xiào

enchanting smile

嫣然一笑 yān rán yī xiào

to smile sweetly

嬉皮笑脸 xī pí xiào liǎn

all smiles / smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly

嬉笑 xī xiào

to be laughing and playing / to giggle

嬉笑怒骂 xī xiào nù mà

lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom) / fig. all kinds of emotions / to mock and scold / (of writing) freely roving / following the author's fancy

哂笑 shěn xiào

(literary) to sneer / to laugh at

笑容 xiào róng

smile / smiling expression / CL:副[fu4]

微笑 wēi xiào

smile / CL:個|个[ge4],絲|丝[si1] / to smile

憨笑 hān xiào

simper / smile fatuously

笑容可掬 xiào róng kě jū

smiling wholeheartedly (idiom); beaming from ear to ear

搞笑 gǎo xiào

to get people to laugh / funny / hilarious