笑 xiào
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xiào
verb
to laugh
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '笑'; Guoyu '笑' v 1; Kroll 2015 '笑' 2, p. 503; Rouzer 2007, p. 39; Unihan '笑'; XHZD '笑' 1, p. 825) -
xiào
verb
to mock; to ridicule
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '笑' v 2; Kroll 2015 '笑' 2a, p. 503; XHZD '笑' 2, p. 826) -
xiào
verb
to smile
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '笑'; Guoyu '笑' v 1; Kroll 2015 '笑' 1, p. 503; Rouzer 2007, p. 39) -
xiào
adverb
kindly accept
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A polite usage when sending a gift (Guoyu '笑' adv; Kroll 2015 '笑' 1a, p. 503)
Contained in
- 笑纳(笑納) to kindly accept (an offering)
- 笑眯眯 beaming; all smiles
- 少女露笑脸,婚事半成全(少女露笑臉,婚事半成全) When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done.
- 暗笑 to snicker
- 拈花微笑 to hold a flower and smile
- 苦笑 to force a smile; a bitter laugh
- 笑窝(笑窩) dimple
- 笑点(笑點) funny bits; humorous parts; jokes; punchline
- 狞笑(獰笑) to laugh nastily; evil grin
- 诶笑(誒笑) to laugh loudly; guffaw
- 巧笑 a beautiful smile
- 谈笑自若(談笑自若) to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened; to remain cheerful (despite a crisis)
- 笑脸(笑臉) smiling face; smiley
- 嘻皮笑脸(嘻皮笑臉) laughing mischievously
- 一笑了之 to laugh away
- 笑容可掬 smiling wholeheartedly; beaming from ear to ear
- 奸笑 evil smile; sinister smile
- 讪笑(訕笑) to ridicule; to mock
- 失笑 to laugh in spite of oneself; to be unable to help laughing; to break into laughter
- 笑话(笑話) joke; jest
- 笑纹(笑紋) laugh lines (on the face)
- 笑脸相迎(笑臉相迎) to welcome somebody with a smiling face
- 贻笑方家(貽笑方家) a novice making a fool of himself; to make oneself ridiculous before experts
- 阴笑(陰笑) to laugh evilly
- 哗笑(嘩笑) uproarious laughter
- 逗笑 to amuse; to cause to smile; amusing
- 嫣然一笑 to smile sweetly
- 大笑 to laugh heartily; a belly laugh
- 笑嘻嘻 grinning; smiling
- 狂笑 to howl with laughter; to laugh one's head off
- 逗人发笑(逗人發笑) to make people laugh
- 捧腹大笑 uproarious; hilarious; to split one's sides laughing /to hold one's belly with both hands
- 笑容 smile; smiling expression
- 笑料 humorous content; source of laughter; laughing stock; butt; joke (person)
- 干笑(乾笑) to give a hollow laugh; to force a smile; forced laugh
- 欢笑(歡笑) to laugh happily
- 诡笑(詭笑) smirk; insincere smile
- 笑谈(笑談) object of ridicule; laughingstock; to laugh over something; to make light chat
- 发笑(發笑) to burst out laughing; to laugh
- 笑意 a smiling expression
- 相视而笑(相視而笑) looked at each other and laugh
- 闹笑话(鬧笑話) made to look a fool
- 搞笑 funny; hilarious
- 强颜欢笑(強顏歡笑) to pretend to look happy; to force oneself to smile
- 谄笑(諂笑) to smile in flattery
- 笑吟吟 smiling; with a smile
- 搞笑片 comedy film; comedy
- 付之一笑 to dismiss something with a laugh ; to laugh it off
- 卖笑(賣笑) to work as a good-time girl; to prostitute oneself
- 似笑非笑 a faint smile; seemingly smiling but not smiling
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- 第二回 Chapter 54 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 95
- 第二回 Chapter 50 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 94
- 第二回 Chapter 63 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 92
- 第二回 Chapter 62 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 84
- 第二回 Chapter 40 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 83
- 第二回 Chapter 31 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 76
- 第二回 Chapter 35 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 75
- 第二回 Chapter 76 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 70
- 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 70
- 第二回 Chapter 56 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 64
Collocations
- 笑曰 (笑曰) 皆笑曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 34
- 天下笑 (天下笑) 為天下笑 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備梯 Book 14 - Defense against Attack with Ladders — count: 28
- 臣笑 (臣笑) 臣笑叔向之對君也 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 難二第三十七 Chapter 37: Difficulties II — count: 8
- 为人笑 (為人笑) 必為人笑 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六 覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 7
- 诸侯笑 (諸侯笑) 為諸侯笑 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 7
- 公笑 (公笑) 公笑曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
- 优笑 (優笑) 優笑侏儒 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 八姦第九 Chapter 9: Eight Villains — count: 4
- 笑言 (笑言) 笑言啞啞 — Book of Changes 易經, 震 Zhen — count: 4
- 王笑 (王笑) 王笑曰 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王上 King Hui of Liang I — count: 4
- 笑谓 (笑謂) 代王乃笑謂宋昌曰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝文本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowen Emperor — count: 3