笑

The character "笑" has 10 strokes. "笑" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "笑" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "笑" are "xiào" . View the stroke order of "笑">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "笑"

v.: smile; laugh; laugh at; ridicule; deride; mock at; sneer at; kindly accept (a gift, etc)

adj.: amusing; ridiculous; funny

• smile : v.微笑；露出笑容；赞许；用微笑表达；露出；惠及；明媚的；宜人的
• laugh : v.笑；嘲笑；一笑了之；走运；幸运
• laugh at : 嘲笑；取笑
• ridicule : n.嘲笑；嘲弄；戏弄
• deride : v.对…表示轻蔑；嘲笑
• sneer at : 嘲笑；冷笑；讥笑
• amusing : adj.逗笑的；供人消遣的
• ridiculous : adj.可笑的；引人嘲笑的；荒谬的；荒唐的
• funny : adj.滑稽的；逗乐的；诙谐的；难以解释的；奇怪的；古怪的；蹊跷的；不可视同儿戏的；不可闹着玩的；不正当的

Form words with "笑"

忍不住笑 can't help laughing

忍住笑 hold one's laughter

邪邪的笑 wicked grin

笑迎死神 face death with a smile

笑不露齿 smile one's tight-lipped smile

笑得直不起腰来 double up with laughter

又说又笑 chat and laugh

惹得姑娘们咯咯笑 set the girls giggling

笑弯了腰 double up with laughter

一路又说又笑 chat cheerfully all the way

强抑着不笑出来 repress one's laughter

Example phrases using "笑"

• 在这种严肃的场合笑是不合适的。

  Laughing is not suitable/appropriate/proper/becoming on such a solemn occasion.

• 他们又说又笑，把我晾在一边儿了。

  While chatting and laughing, they were oblivious of my presence. / I was left out in the cold as they were having a good time chatting and laughing.

• 她虽则在笑，但实际上生气了。

  Though she was smiling, she was angry.

• 同学们又说又笑，玩得很起劲。

  Laughing and talking, the students were in high spirits.

• 一句话把屋里的人都逗得笑起来了。

  The remark set everyone in the room roaring with laughter.

• 听了他的话，她差不点儿笑出声来。

  She was on the verge of laughing at his words.

• 最好笑的是她还从来没有听说过这事。

  The best of the joke was that she had never heard of such a thing.

• 我认为那一点儿都不可笑。

  I don’t see anything amusing there.

• 那声尖笑让我觉得扎耳朵。

  That shrill laugh grated on me.

• 大家问他是什么事，他只是笑，不回答。

  Instead of giving a reply, he just smiled when he was asked what had happened.