笑 xiào
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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
- 莞尔一笑(莞爾一笑) to smile
- 笑语(笑語) talking and laughing; cheerful talk
- 阴笑(陰笑) to laugh evilly
- 一笑了之 to laugh away
- 哑然失笑(啞然失笑) to laugh involuntarily
- 谄笑(諂笑) to smile in flattery
- 嬉皮笑脸(嬉皮笑臉) laughing mischievously
- 笑声(笑聲) laughter
- 强颜欢笑(強顏歡笑) to pretend to look happy; to force oneself to smile
- 含笑 to smile
- 笑窝(笑窩) dimple
- 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
- 诡笑(詭笑) smirk; insincere smile
- 妃子笑 concubine's smile; a cultivar of lychee
- 展笑 to smile
- 哭笑不得 not to know whether to laugh or cry; both funny and extremely embarrassing
- 荤笑话(葷笑話) dirty jokes; jokes of a visceral nature
- 笑面虎 man with a big smile and evil intentions
- 看笑话(看笑話) to watch with amusement as somebody makes a fool of himself
- 有说有笑(有說有笑) talking and laughing; to jest; cheerful and lively
- 颔首微笑(頷首微笑) to nod and smile
- 喜笑颜开(喜笑顏開) a joyful smile and happy face; beaming with happiness
- 巧笑 a beautiful smile
- 笑鸥(笑鷗) laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
- 大笑 to laugh heartily; a belly laugh
- 干笑(乾笑) to give a hollow laugh; to force a smile; forced laugh
- 谈笑(談笑) to joke with
- 格格笑 giggle
- 巧笑倩兮 a beautiful smiling expression
- 讪笑(訕笑) to ridicule; to mock
- 笑逐颜开(笑逐顏開) smile across one's face
- 嬉笑 to be laughing and playing; to giggle
- 啼笑皆非 not to know whether to laugh or cry; between laughter and tears
- 调笑(調笑) to tease; to poke fun at
- 说笑(說笑) to chat and laugh; to crack jokes; to banter
- 嘻皮笑脸(嘻皮笑臉) laughing mischievously
- 笑眯眯 beaming; all smiles
- 贻笑大方(貽笑大方) to make a fool of oneself; to make oneself a laughing stock
- 取笑 to tease; to make fun of
- 笑话(笑話) joke; jest
- 发笑(發笑) to burst out laughing; to laugh
- 眉开眼笑(眉開眼笑) brows raised in delight, eyes laughing; beaming with joy; all smiles
- 嗤笑 to sneer at
- 痴笑 to giggle foolishly; to titter
- 哄堂大笑 the whole room roaring with laughter
- 好笑 laughable; funny; ridiculous
- 谈笑自若(談笑自若) to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened; to remain cheerful (despite a crisis)
- 笑哈哈 to laugh heartily
- 捧腹大笑 uproarious; hilarious; to split one's sides laughing /to hold one's belly with both hands
- 哈哈笑 to laugh out loud
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Word is mentioned most frequently in
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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 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 70
- 第二回 Chapter 76 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: 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
- 优笑 (優笑) 優笑侏儒 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 八姦第九 Chapter 9: Eight Villains — count: 4
- 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