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

• 强颜欢笑(強顏歡笑) to pretend to look happy; to force oneself to smile
• 眉开眼笑(眉開眼笑) brows raised in delight, eyes laughing; beaming with joy; all smiles
• 妃子笑 concubine's smile; a cultivar of lychee
• 喜笑颜开(喜笑顏開) a joyful smile and happy face; beaming with happiness
• 笑料 humorous content; source of laughter; laughing stock; butt; joke (person)
• 痴笑 to giggle foolishly; to titter
• 赔笑(賠笑) to smile apologetically or obsequiously
• 似笑非笑 a faint smile; seemingly smiling but not smiling
• 可笑 laughable; ridiculous
• 巧笑倩兮 a beautiful smiling expression
• 微笑 to smile
• 贻笑大方(貽笑大方) to make a fool of oneself; to make oneself a laughing stock
• 嘲笑 to jeer; to mock; to ridicule
• 好笑 laughable; funny; ridiculous
• 笑纳(笑納) to kindly accept (an offering)
• 笑语(笑語) talking and laughing; cheerful talk
• 讥笑(譏笑) to ridicule
• 贻笑方家(貽笑方家) a novice making a fool of himself; to make oneself ridiculous before experts
• 哭笑不得 not to know whether to laugh or cry; both funny and extremely embarrassing
• 哂笑 to sneer; to laugh at
• 嗤笑 to sneer at
• 五十步笑百步 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps
• 灿笑(燦笑) to smile brightly
• 狂笑 to howl with laughter; to laugh one's head off
• 一笑了之 to laugh away
• 干笑(乾笑) to give a hollow laugh; to force a smile; forced laugh
• 笑纹(笑紋) laugh lines (on the face)
• 笑鸥(笑鷗) laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
• 看笑话(看笑話) to watch with amusement as somebody makes a fool of himself
• 笑掉大牙 to laugh one's head off; ridiculous; jaw-dropping
• 笑貌 smiling face
• 破涕为笑(破涕為笑) to turn tears into laughter; to turn grief into happiness
• 买笑追欢(買笑追歡) to buy smiles to seek happiness; abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh
• 谈笑自若(談笑自若) to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened; to remain cheerful (despite a crisis)
• 哗笑(嘩笑) uproarious laughter
• 笑容 smile; smiling expression
• 苦笑 to force a smile; a bitter laugh
• 嬉笑 to be laughing and playing; to giggle
• 笑里藏刀(笑裡藏刀) a dagger hidden in smiles; friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions
• 哑然失笑(啞然失笑) to laugh involuntarily
• 玩笑 to joke; to jest ; funny
• 调笑(調笑) to tease; to poke fun at
• 笑口弥勒(笑口彌勒) laughing Maitreya
• 笑脸(笑臉) smiling face; smiley
• 巧笑 a beautiful smile
• 笑脸儿(笑臉兒) smiling face
• 诡笑(詭笑) smirk; insincere smile
• 搞笑片 comedy film; comedy
• 阴笑(陰笑) to laugh evilly
• 笑窝(笑窩) dimple

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笑林

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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
• 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
• 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