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

笑不可仰 to double up with laughter
干笑(乾笑) to give a hollow laugh; to force a smile; forced laugh
笑点低(笑點低) amused by even the weakest joke; ready to laugh at the smallest thing
灿笑(燦笑) to smile brightly
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.
捧腹大笑 uproarious; hilarious; to split one's sides laughing /to hold one's belly with both hands
巧笑倩兮 a beautiful smiling expression
笑嘻嘻 grinning; smiling
欢笑(歡笑) to laugh happily
爆笑 to burst out laughing; hilarious; burst of laughter
嬉皮笑脸(嬉皮笑臉) laughing mischievously
笑脸(笑臉) smiling face; smiley
似笑非笑 a faint smile; seemingly smiling but not smiling
笑吟吟 smiling; with a smile
说笑(說笑) to chat and laugh; to crack jokes; to banter
相视而笑(相視而笑) looked at each other and laugh
狂笑 to howl with laughter; to laugh one's head off
玩笑 to joke; to jest ; funny
嘲笑 to jeer; to mock; to ridicule
笑逐颜开(笑逐顏開) smile across one's face
笑傲江湖 to live joyfully in the wilderness
笑窝(笑窩) dimple
苦笑 to force a smile; a bitter laugh
笑眯眯 beaming; all smiles
奸笑 evil smile; sinister smile
哑然失笑(啞然失笑) to laugh involuntarily
笑话(笑話) joke; jest
好笑 laughable; funny; ridiculous
哂笑 to sneer; to laugh at
开玩笑(開玩笑) to joke
可笑 laughable; ridiculous
谈笑(談笑) to joke with
搞笑 funny; hilarious
耻笑(恥笑) to sneer; to ridicule
笑语(笑語) talking and laughing; cheerful talk
付之一笑 to dismiss something with a laugh ; to laugh it off
赔笑(賠笑) to smile apologetically or obsequiously
五十步笑百步 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps
笑容 smile; smiling expression
笑不可抑 to laugh irrepressibly
咯咯笑 chuckle
笑掉大牙 to laugh one's head off; ridiculous; jaw-dropping
大笑 to laugh heartily; a belly laugh
暗笑 to snicker
诶笑(誒笑) to laugh loudly; guffaw
龟笑鳖无尾(龜笑鱉無尾) a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail; the pot calling the kettle black
一笑置之 to dismiss with a laugh; to make light of
冷笑话(冷笑話) joke intended to be so corny it makes one groan
窃笑(竊笑) to snigger; to titter

Also contained in

兰陵笑笑生、笑林

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: 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
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
王笑 (王笑) 王笑曰 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王上 King Hui of Liang I — count: 4
妇人笑 (婦人笑) 婦人笑於房 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3