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

• 媚笑 enchanting smile
• 笑眯眯 beaming; all smiles
• 喜笑 to laugh; laughter
• 笑盈盈 smilingly; to be all smiles
• 笑柄 a matter for ridicule; an object of ridicule; laughingstock
• 微笑 to smile
• 笑料 humorous content; source of laughter; laughing stock; butt; joke (person)
• 笑鸥(笑鷗) laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
• 笑靥(笑靨) dimple; smiling face
• 哂笑 to sneer; to laugh at
• 哈哈大笑 to laugh heartily; to burst into loud laughter
• 笑语(笑語) talking and laughing; cheerful talk
• 笑点低(笑點低) amused by even the weakest joke; ready to laugh at the smallest thing
• 干笑(乾笑) to give a hollow laugh; to force a smile; forced laugh
• 逗人发笑(逗人發笑) to make people laugh
• 痴笑 to giggle foolishly; to titter
• 耻笑(恥笑) to sneer; to ridicule
• 有说有笑(有說有笑) talking and laughing; to jest; cheerful and lively
• 嗤笑 to sneer at
• 笑掉大牙 to laugh one's head off; ridiculous; jaw-dropping
• 说笑(說笑) to chat and laugh; to crack jokes; to banter
• 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
• 笑不可抑 to laugh irrepressibly
• 失笑 to laugh in spite of oneself; to be unable to help laughing; to break into laughter
• 买笑追欢(買笑追歡) to buy smiles to seek happiness; abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh
• 傻笑 to giggle; to laugh foolishly; to smirk; to simper
• 笑脸儿(笑臉兒) smiling face
• 哑然失笑(啞然失笑) to laugh involuntarily
• 怪笑 monstrous laughter
• 捧腹大笑 uproarious; hilarious; to split one's sides laughing /to hold one's belly with both hands
• 莞尔一笑(莞爾一笑) to smile
• 格格笑 giggle
• 哭笑不得 not to know whether to laugh or cry; both funny and extremely embarrassing
• 卖笑(賣笑) to work as a good-time girl; to prostitute oneself
• 可笑 laughable; ridiculous
• 笑里藏刀(笑裡藏刀) a dagger hidden in smiles; friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions
• 爆笑 to burst out laughing; hilarious; burst of laughter
• 搞笑 funny; hilarious
• 开玩笑(開玩笑) to joke
• 阴笑(陰笑) to laugh evilly
• 笑哈哈 to laugh heartily
• 逗笑 to amuse; to cause to smile; amusing
• 玩笑 to joke; to jest ; funny
• 冷笑话(冷笑話) joke intended to be so corny it makes one groan
• 笑破肚皮 to split one's sides laughing
• 惨笑(慘笑) to smile bitterly
• 大笑 to laugh heartily; a belly laugh
• 笑貌 smiling face
• 强颜欢笑(強顏歡笑) to pretend to look happy; to force oneself to smile
• 妃子笑 concubine's smile; a cultivar of lychee

Also contained in

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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: 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 优笑 (優笑) 優笑侏儒 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 八姦第九 Chapter 9: Eight Villains — count: 4