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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笑* | 笑* | *笑
to laugh; to smile / to laugh at
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笑* | 笑* | *笑
old variant of
HSK 1
to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
HSK 1
joke; jest (CL:個|个) / to laugh at; to mock / ridiculous; absurd
HSK 2
erhua variant of 笑話|笑话
HSK 2
smile / CL: 個|个, 絲|丝 / to smile
HSK 4
smiling face / smiley :) ☺ / CL:
HSK 6
smile / smiling expression / CL:
HSK 6
laughter
HSK 6
laughable; funny; ridiculous
HSK 7-9
to get people to laugh / funny / hilarious
HSK 7-9
funny / ridiculous
HSK 7-9
cheers and laughter
HSK 7-9
to jeer at / to deride / to ridicule / mockery / derision
HSK 7-9
to tease; to make fun of
HSK 7-9
to sneer / to laugh grimly / grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc) / bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile
HSK 7-9
brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy / all smiles
HSK 7-9
to be laughing and playing / to giggle
HSK 7-9
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears
HSK 7-9
the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to sneer at sb / to ridicule
HSK 7-9
to force a smile / a bitter laugh
HSK 7-9
to sneer
HSK 7-9
smiling face
to talk cheerfully and wittily / to joke together
to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
to welcome sb with a smiling face (idiom)
variant of 笑窩|笑窝
to joke / joke / jest
grinning / smiling
to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL: 聲|声
to laugh heartily / a belly laugh
talking and laughing / cheerful talk
lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom); friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions / when the fox preaches, look to the geese
comedic material / (in reference to a person) laughingstock / butt of jokes
talking and laughing / to jest / cheerful and lively
to howl with laughter; to laugh one's head off
evil smile / sinister smile
to laugh nastily / evil grin
a matter for ridicule / an object of ridicule / laughingstock
dimple / smiling face
to chat and laugh / to crack jokes / to banter
to burst out laughing / to laugh
to giggle / to laugh foolishly / to smirk / to simper
to laugh up one's sleeve
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears
to amuse / to cause to smile / amusing
to laugh in spite of oneself / to be unable to help laughing / to break into laughter
grinning from ear to ear (idiom) / beaming with happiness
smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face
smiling; with a smile
laughing gas (nitrous oxide)
to tease / to poke fun at
all smiles / smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly
(literary) to sneer / to laugh at
to laugh away (instead of taking seriously)
to pretend to look happy / to force oneself to smile
smiling expression
to ridicule / to mock
to snigger / to titter
laugh in (up) one's sleeve / snigger / snicker
(idiom) to smile sweetly
(idiom) to split one's sides laughing
a novice making a fool of himself / to make oneself ridiculous before experts
to make a fool of oneself / to make oneself a laughing stock
Jokes (title of an ancient collection of jokes, often used in the title of modern collections of jokes)
popular comedian / comic star
to laugh evilly
man with a big smile and evil intentions
to roar with laughter / hoots of laughter / guffaw
smiling wholeheartedly (idiom); beaming from ear to ear
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
to have a smile on one's face
to work as a good-time girl; to prostitute oneself
to laugh irrepressibly
to laugh involuntarily / Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]
comedy / farce
lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness / abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom)
to dismiss with a laugh / to make light of
enchanting smile
to sneer at
laugh lines (on the face)
to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened / to remain cheerful (despite a crisis)
(idiom) to dismiss sth with a laugh; to laugh it off
bitter smile
to laugh happily / a belly-laugh
uproarious laughter
of no value / worthless
corny joke
to smile brightly
to stifle a guffaw
funny bits / humorous parts / jokes / punchline
to be angry about sth but also find it laughable
smirk / insincere smile
like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
to be ridiculous / to make a fool of oneself
(idiom) to look at each other and smile
to giggle foolishly / to titter

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