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Meaning of 笑

Pinyin xiào

Radical

竹

Strokes

Definition

laugh / smile

Usage

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**笑** **[xiào]** **(Verb)** **1.** To reveal a happy expression and emit joyful sounds. **露出愉快的表情，发出欢喜的声音。** Example: 笑容 (smile), 笑颜 (smiling face), 笑眯眯 (smiling with eyes narrowed), 谈笑风生 (chatting and laughing cheerfully). **2.** To ridicule. **讥嘲。** Example: 笑柄 (laughingstock), 笑话 (joke), 笑谈 (laughing conversation), 贻笑大方 (to make oneself a laughingstock), 嘲笑 (to mock), 见笑 (to be laughed at), 耻笑 (to be ridiculed). **Original Meaning:** 因喜悦开颜或出声 (To show joy by smiling or laughing). **Character Formation:** 会意。从竹，从夭。杨承庆曰，“竹得风其体夭屈，如人之笑”。字或从竹，从夭。 (Ideogram: It consists of bamboo and a sign indicating bending; suggests the flexibility like a person’s smile.) **Synonyms:** **1.** Same as the original meaning (smile; laugh). **同本义** ([En.] smile; laugh) **2.** To ridicule; to mock. **讥笑;嘲笑** ([En.] ridicule) **3.** Joke; to make fun of. **玩笑;逗乐** ([En.] joke; make fun of) **4.** To like; to envy. **喜爱;羡慕** ([En.] like) **5.** Metaphor for flowers blooming. **比喻花朵开放** ([En.] flow; open) **引述:** 1. 《说文》: 笑，喜也。杨承庆曰:“竹得风，其体夭屈，如人之笑也。” 李阳冰刊定说文从之。 (From "Shuō Wén": Laughter denotes joy. Yang Chengqing states: "When bamboo sways with the wind, its shape bends like a person's smile.") 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。” (From "Zì Lín": Bamboo is a musical instrument; a gentleman smiles after being joyful.) 3. 《易·萃》: 一握为笑。 4. 《诗·卫风·氓》: 载笑载言。 5. 要笑晏晏。 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》: Stop adding up to laughter. 9. 《列子·汤问》: To stop by laughing. 10. 清·周容《芋老人传》: Laugh without caring. **Examples:** 如: 笑唏唏 (chuckling), 笑咍咍 (laugh heartily), 笑浪 (laugh freely), 笑面夜叉 (a person who appears kind but is malicious). **2.** To ridicule; to mock. **讥笑;嘲笑** ([En.] ridicule) **引述:** 1. 《诗·邶风·终风》: 顾我则笑。 2. 《孟子·梁惠王上》: 以五十步笑百步，则何如? **Examples:** 如: 笑端 (laughing stock), 笑骂从汝 (laugh and criticize at will), 笑弄 (mock; ridicule), 笑侮 (ridicule). **3.** Joke; to make fun of. **玩笑;逗乐** ([En.] joke; make fun of) **引述:** 1. 《诗·大雅·板》: 勿以为笑。 **Examples:** 如: 笑嗷 (to laugh happily; to play), 笑乐院本 (a small play presented before the main theatrical performance), 笑耍头回 (a small story told before the main tale). **4.** To like; to envy. **喜爱;羡慕** ([En.] like) **Examples:** 如: 笑眼传心 (exchanging glances and smiles to convey affection), 笑悦 (joyful laughter), 笑叹 (laughable yet sighing). **5.** Metaphor for flowers blooming. **比喻花朵开放** ([En.] flow; open) **引述:** 1. 唐太宗《赋得残菊花》: 露浓晞晚笑，风劲浅残香。 **Examples:** 如: 笑笑 (the appearance of blooming flowers), 笑靥金 (a term 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

捧腹大笑 pěng fù dà xiào

uproarious / hilarious / to split one's sides laughing / lit. to hold one's belly with both hands

暗笑 àn xiào

laugh in (up) one's sleeve / snigger / snicker

笑柄 xiào bǐng

a matter for ridicule / an object of ridicule / laughingstock

傻笑 shǎ xiào

to giggle / to laugh foolishly / to smirk / to simper

欢笑 huān xiào

to laugh happily / a belly-laugh

破涕为笑 pò tì wéi xiào

to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness

似笑非笑 sì xiào fēi xiào

like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)

仰天大笑 yǎng tiān dà xiào

lean back and laugh / laugh sardonically / look up to the sky and laugh / throw back one's head to laugh long and loud

狂笑 kuáng xiào

to howl with laughter / to laugh one's head off

令狐冲笑 líng hú chōng xiào

Linghu laughed

狞笑 níng xiào

to laugh nastily / evil grin

开玩笑 kāi wán xiào

to play a joke / to make fun of / to joke

玩笑 wán xiào

to joke / joke / jest

笑眯眯 xiào mī mī

beaming / all smiles

笑盈盈 xiào yíng yíng

smilingly / to be all smiles

眉开眼笑 méi kāi yǎn xiào

brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy / all smiles

窃笑 qiè xiào

to snigger / to titter

笑脸 xiào liǎn

smiling face / smiley :) ☺ / CL:副[fu4]

大笑 dà xiào

to laugh heartily / a belly laugh

苦笑 kǔ xiào

to force a smile / a bitter laugh

笑话 xiào huà

joke / jest / CL:個|个[ge4] / to laugh at / to mock

可笑 kě xiào

funny / ridiculous

笑意 xiào yì

smiling expression

笑笑 xiào xiào

Smile

取笑 qǔ xiào

to tease / to make fun of

耍笑 shuǎ xiào

joke / have fun

耻笑 chǐ xiào

to sneer at sb / to ridicule

不苟言笑 bù gǒu yán xiào

serious in speech and manner / not frivolous in talking and joking

莞尔一笑 wǎn ěr yí xiào

(literary) to smile

讥笑 jī xiào

to sneer

讪笑 shàn xiào

to ridicule / to mock

谄笑 chǎn xiào

ingratiating smile / fawning smile

贻笑大方 yí xiào dà fāng

to make a fool of oneself / to make oneself a laughing stock

赔笑 péi xiào

to smile apologetically or obsequiously

笑逐颜开 xiào zhú yán kāi

smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face

逗笑 dòu xiào

to amuse / to cause to smile / amusing

笑靥 xiào yè

dimple / smiling face

一颦一笑 yī pín yī xiào

every frown and every smile

喜笑颜开 xǐ xiào yán kāi

grinning from ear to ear (idiom) / beaming with happiness

强颜欢笑 qiǎng yán huān xiào

to pretend to look happy / to force oneself to smile

笑颜 xiào yán

smiling face

鹏笑道 péng xiào dào

Peng laughed

笑骂 xiào mà

to deride / to mock / (jocularly) to heckle good-naturedly / to razz