Chinese Notes

笑 xiào

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

喜笑颜开(喜笑顏開) a joyful smile and happy face; beaming with happiness
笑口弥勒(笑口彌勒) laughing Maitreya
啼笑皆非 not to know whether to laugh or cry; between laughter and tears
笑窝(笑窩) dimple
笑靥(笑靨) dimple; smiling face
笑纹(笑紋) laugh lines (on the face)
笑掉大牙 to laugh one's head off; ridiculous; jaw-dropping
笑脸儿(笑臉兒) smiling face
逗人发笑(逗人發笑) to make people laugh
笑谈(笑談) object of ridicule; laughingstock; to laugh over something; to make light chat
笑鸥(笑鷗) laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
嬉笑 to be laughing and playing; to giggle
逗笑 to amuse; to cause to smile; amusing
巧笑倩兮 a beautiful smiling expression
嗤笑 to sneer at
笑里藏刀(笑裡藏刀) a dagger hidden in smiles; friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions
偷笑 to laugh up one's sleeve
笑面虎 man with a big smile and evil intentions
耻笑(恥笑) to sneer; to ridicule
妃子笑 concubine's smile; a cultivar of lychee
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好(誰笑到最後，誰笑得最好) He laughs best who laughs last.
破涕为笑(破涕為笑) to turn tears into laughter; to turn grief into happiness
痴笑 to giggle foolishly; to titter
颔首微笑(頷首微笑) to nod and smile
嘻皮笑脸(嘻皮笑臉) laughing mischievously
哑然失笑(啞然失笑) to laugh involuntarily
笑眯眯 beaming; all smiles
讥笑(譏笑) to ridicule
笑貌 smiling face
笑盈盈 smilingly; to be all smiles
暗笑 to snicker
惨笑(慘笑) to smile bitterly
笑意 a smiling expression
调笑(調笑) to tease; to poke fun at
荤笑话(葷笑話) dirty jokes; jokes of a visceral nature
欢笑(歡笑) to laugh happily
爆笑 to burst out laughing; hilarious; burst of laughter
搞笑片 comedy film; comedy
强颜欢笑(強顏歡笑) to pretend to look happy; to force oneself to smile
讪笑(訕笑) to ridicule; to mock
狂笑 to howl with laughter; to laugh one's head off
好笑 laughable; funny; ridiculous
笑料 humorous content; source of laughter; laughing stock; butt; joke (person)
灿笑(燦笑) to smile brightly
贻笑(貽笑) to be ridiculous; to make a fool of oneself
笑骂(笑罵) to deride; to mock; (jocularly) to heckle good-naturedly; to razz
谈笑(談笑) to joke with
怪笑 monstrous laughter
笑容可掬 smiling wholeheartedly; beaming from ear to ear
笑破肚皮 to split one's sides laughing

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哄笑

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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: 35
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
王笑 (王笑) 王笑曰 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王上 King Hui of Liang I — count: 4
笑言 (笑言) 笑言啞啞 — Book of Changes 易經, 震 Zhen — count: 4
戮笑 (戮笑) 則必可以無為天下戮笑 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3