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

• 笑傲江湖 to live joyfully in the wilderness
• 眉开眼笑(眉開眼笑) brows raised in delight, eyes laughing; beaming with joy; all smiles
• 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.
• 笑窝(笑窩) dimple
• 笑柄 a matter for ridicule; an object of ridicule; laughingstock
• 笑点(笑點) funny bits; humorous parts; jokes; punchline
• 贻笑方家(貽笑方家) a novice making a fool of himself; to make oneself ridiculous before experts
• 傻笑 to giggle; to laugh foolishly; to smirk; to simper
• 取笑 to tease; to make fun of
• 哄堂大笑 the whole room roaring with laughter
• 哑然失笑(啞然失笑) to laugh involuntarily
• 笑脸(笑臉) smiling face; smiley
• 荤笑话(葷笑話) dirty jokes; jokes of a visceral nature
• 笑容可掬 smiling wholeheartedly; beaming from ear to ear
• 笑不可仰 to double up with laughter
• 笑里藏刀(笑裡藏刀) a dagger hidden in smiles; friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions
• 痴笑 to giggle foolishly; to titter
• 妃子笑 concubine's smile; a cultivar of lychee
• 开玩笑(開玩笑) to joke
• 嬉笑 to be laughing and playing; to giggle
• 笑掉大牙 to laugh one's head off; ridiculous; jaw-dropping
• 喜笑 to laugh; laughter
• 搞笑片 comedy film; comedy
• 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
• 皮笑肉不笑 to put on a fake smile ; to smile insincerely
• 颔首微笑(頷首微笑) to nod and smile
• 笑鸥(笑鷗) laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
• 浅笑(淺笑) a faint smile
• 卖笑(賣笑) to work as a good-time girl; to prostitute oneself
• 似笑非笑 a faint smile; seemingly smiling but not smiling
• 巧笑倩兮 a beautiful smiling expression
• 笑不可抑 to laugh irrepressibly
• 笑纹(笑紋) laugh lines (on the face)
• 偷笑 to laugh up one's sleeve
• 笑嘻嘻 grinning; smiling
• 调笑(調笑) to tease; to poke fun at
• 失笑 to laugh in spite of oneself; to be unable to help laughing; to break into laughter
• 笑逐颜开(笑逐顏開) smile across one's face
• 发笑(發笑) to burst out laughing; to laugh
• 笑料 humorous content; source of laughter; laughing stock; butt; joke (person)
• 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
• 一笑置之 to dismiss with a laugh; to make light of
• 露齿而笑(露齒而笑) to grin
• 一笑了之 to laugh away
• 贻笑(貽笑) to be ridiculous; to make a fool of oneself
• 奸笑 evil smile; sinister smile
• 怪笑 monstrous laughter
• 贻笑大方(貽笑大方) to make a fool of oneself; to make oneself a laughing stock
• 诡笑(詭笑) smirk; insincere smile

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笑口弥勒 、 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: 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: 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
• 言笑 (言笑) 言笑晏晏 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 3