笑 xiào

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. 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

• 荤笑话(葷笑話) dirty jokes; jokes of a visceral nature
• 展笑 to smile
• 笑意 a smiling expression
• 哭笑不得 not to know whether to laugh or cry; both funny and extremely embarrassing
• 哈哈笑 to laugh out loud
• 贻笑大方(貽笑大方) to make a fool of oneself; to make oneself a laughing stock
• 偷笑 to laugh up one's sleeve
• 妃子笑 concubine's smile; a cultivar of lychee
• 付之一笑 to dismiss something with a laugh ; to laugh it off
• 买笑追欢(買笑追歡) to buy smiles to seek happiness; abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh
• 诶笑(誒笑) to laugh loudly; guffaw
• 讥笑(譏笑) to ridicule
• 有说有笑(有說有笑) talking and laughing; to jest; cheerful and lively
• 干笑(乾笑) to give a hollow laugh; to force a smile; forced laugh
• 哑然失笑(啞然失笑) to laugh involuntarily
• 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.
• 笑逐颜开(笑逐顏開) smile across one's face
• 好笑 laughable; funny; ridiculous
• 咯咯笑 chuckle
• 暗笑 to snicker
• 嬉笑 to be laughing and playing; to giggle
• 喜笑颜开(喜笑顏開) a joyful smile and happy face; beaming with happiness
• 笑面虎 man with a big smile and evil intentions
• 冷笑话(冷笑話) joke intended to be so corny it makes one groan
• 哈哈大笑 to laugh heartily; to burst into loud laughter
• 笑柄 a matter for ridicule; an object of ridicule; laughingstock
• 耻笑(恥笑) to sneer; to ridicule
• 捧腹大笑 uproarious; hilarious; to split one's sides laughing /to hold one's belly with both hands
• 破涕为笑(破涕為笑) to turn tears into laughter; to turn grief into happiness
• 强颜欢笑(強顏歡笑) to pretend to look happy; to force oneself to smile
• 笑眯眯 beaming; all smiles
• 诡笑(詭笑) smirk; insincere smile
• 喜笑 to laugh; laughter
• 笑鸥(笑鷗) laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
• 笑谈(笑談) object of ridicule; laughingstock; to laugh over something; to make light chat
• 阴笑(陰笑) to laugh evilly
• 看笑话(看笑話) to watch with amusement as somebody makes a fool of himself
• 灿笑(燦笑) to smile brightly
• 嬉笑怒骂(嬉笑怒罵) laughs, jeers, anger and invective; all kinds of emotions; to mock and scold; (of writing) freely roving; following the author's fancy
• 玩笑 to joke; to jest ; funny
• 露齿而笑(露齒而笑) to grin
• 巧笑倩兮 a beautiful smiling expression
• 笑不可抑 to laugh irrepressibly
• 笑靥(笑靨) dimple; smiling face
• 谈笑风生(談笑風生) to talk cheerfully and wittily; to joke together
• 搞笑片 comedy film; comedy
• 怪笑 monstrous laughter
• 一笑了之 to laugh away
• 大笑 to laugh heartily; a belly laugh
• 笑脸(笑臉) smiling face; smiley

Also contained in

兰陵笑笑生

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 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: 84
• 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: 29
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 笑臣 (笑臣) 臣笑臣鄰之祠田 — Xunzi 荀子, 儒效篇第八 Chapter 8: The Achievements of the Confucians — count: 5
• 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
• 优笑 (優笑) 優笑侏儒 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 八姦第九 Chapter 9: Eight Villains — count: 4