笑
HSK 1freq #382
Meanings
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- 1.to laugh; to smile
- 2.to laugh at
- 1.old variant of 笑[xiào]
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Wiktionary
- 1.to laugh; to smile
- 2.to laugh at; to ridicule
- 3.funny; amusing
- 4.to blossom; to bloom
- 5.a surname
- 6.lying face-up toward the sky; supine
- 7.to split open on the top after cooking when fermentation and heat are well-controlled (of a rice cake bowl)
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Etymology
Originally phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sqʰows): phonetic 艸 (OC *sʰuːʔ, “grass”) + semantic 犬 (“dog”). Later, phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sqʰows): semantic 竹 + phonetic 夭 (OC *qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
别笑！
Don't laugh.
她笑了。
She smiled.
他笑了。
He laughed.
我笑了。
I laughed.
我想笑。
I feel like laughing.
我们笑了。
We laughed.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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