笑
xiào
to laugh; to smile
to laugh at
bamboo (⺮) + bending young (夭) = to laugh and smile
Bamboo stalks sway and bend gracefully in the wind, and 夭 depicts a person bending or stretching. Together they evoke the image of someone bowing over with laughter, shoulders shaking like swaying bamboo.
她看到那只小猫就笑了。
tā kàn dào nà zhī xiǎo māo jiù xiào le。
She saw that little cat and smiled.
你不能笑别人犯的小错误。
nǐ bù néng xiào bié rén fàn de xiǎo cuò wù。
You shouldn't laugh at the small mistakes other people make.
Words with 笑
逗笑儿
dòu xiào r
erhua variant of 逗笑[dou4 xiao4]
逗人发笑
dòu rén fā xiào
to make people laugh
逗笑
dòu xiào
to amuse
开玩笑
kāi wán xiào
to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
阴笑
yīn xiào
to laugh evilly
露齿而笑
lù chǐ ér xiào
to grin
闹笑话
nào xiào hua
to make a fool of oneself
龟笑鳖无尾
guī xiào biē wú wěi
lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom)
一笑了之
yī xiào liǎo zhī
to laugh away (instead of taking seriously)
一笑置之
yī xiào zhì zhī
to dismiss with a laugh
一颦一笑
yī pín yī xiào
every frown and every smile
不值一笑
bù zhí yī xiào
of no value