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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笑* | 笑* | *笑
to laugh; to smile / to laugh at
HSK 1
joke; jest / to laugh at; to mock / ridiculous; absurd
HSK 2
(onom.) laughing out loud
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *樂* | 樂* | *樂
happy / cheerful / to laugh
HSK 3
to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch / to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
HSK 3
to sneer / to laugh grimly / grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc) / bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile
HSK 7-9
(coll.) transgressive humor that treats tragedy, suffering, or other morally sensitive topics as jokes (implying that laughing would send one to hell)
(of an actor) to break character by laughing; to corpse
to laugh involuntarily / Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]
to chat and laugh / to crack jokes / to banter
nitrous oxide N2O / laughing gas
to giggle / to laugh foolishly / to smirk / to simper
to laugh heartily / a belly laugh
to laugh heartily / to burst into loud laughter
to get people to laugh / funny / hilarious
HSK 7-9
brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy / all smiles
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘻* | 嘻* | *嘻
laugh / giggle / (interjection expressing admiration, surprise etc)
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears
HSK 7-9
to be laughing and playing / to giggle
HSK 7-9
talking and laughing / to jest / cheerful and lively
to amuse / to make sb laugh / to tease
to laugh / laughter
to laugh happily / a belly-laugh
to howl with laughter; to laugh one's head off
(idiom) to split one's sides laughing
to split one's sides laughing; to roar with laughter; (lit.) to hold one's belly with both hands
to joke / to laugh insincerely / to make merry / to talk irrelevantly
canned laughter; laugh track
to laugh away (instead of taking seriously)
fun / pleasure / laughing matter
to split one's sides laughing
(literary) to sneer / to laugh at
to laugh until it hurts; to laugh heartily
amused by even the weakest joke / ready to laugh at the smallest thing
(coll.) to burst out laughing
to force a smile / a bitter laugh
HSK 7-9
to dismiss with a laugh / to make light of
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *悝* | 悝* | *悝
to laugh at
laugh in (up) one's sleeve / snigger / snicker
to laugh out loud
laughing gas (nitrous oxide)
to laugh evilly
to laugh one's head off / ridiculous / jaw-dropping
to amuse / to make sb laugh / to tease
laughing Maitreya
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗤* | 嗤* | *嗤
laugh at / jeer / scoff at / sneer at
to make a fool of oneself / to make oneself a laughing stock
lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom) / fig. all kinds of emotions / to mock and scold / (of writing) freely roving / following the author's fancy
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears
to laugh up one's sleeve
(idiom) to dismiss sth with a laugh; to laugh it off
to laugh in spite of oneself / to be unable to help laughing / to break into laughter
to laugh irrepressibly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嚯* | 嚯* | *嚯
(onom.) expressing admiration or surprise / (onom.) sound of a laugh
He laughs best who laughs last.
lit. the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom) / fig. the pot calls the kettle black
nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines
to burst out laughing / hilarious / burst of laughter
to laugh heartily
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咥* | 咥* | *咥
loud laugh
to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL: 聲|声
cannot help laughing / unable to restrain a smile
talking and laughing / cheerful talk
object of ridicule / laughingstock / to laugh over sth / to make light chat
(Internet slang) transcription of "not at all" – English words in a song promoting the 2008 Beijing Olympics sung by Huang Xiaoming 黃曉明|黄晓明, who became a laughing stock in China because his pronunciation was perceived as embarrassingly bad / to be a laughing stock / to make a fool of oneself (i.e. equivalent to 鬧笑話|闹笑话)
to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened / to remain cheerful (despite a crisis)
nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines
to laugh
to burst out laughing / to laugh
to make people laugh
to mock oneself / to laugh at oneself
(onom.) laughing sound / glug-glug haha!
(bird species of China) laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
He laughs best who laughs last.
(bird species of China) laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom) / fig. the pot calling the kettle black
to smile / to laugh
to split one's sides laughing
(coll.) person who makes people laugh; funny guy
Budai (the Laughing Buddha) / Budai or Putai Town in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
laugh lines (on the face)
to laugh nastily / evil grin


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