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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笑* | 笑* | *笑
to laugh; to smile / to laugh at
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
smile / CL: 個|个, 絲|丝 / to smile
HSK 4
smile / smiling expression / CL:
HSK 6
laughable; funny; ridiculous
HSK 7-9
to jeer at / to deride / to ridicule / mockery / derision
HSK 7-9
to sneer / to laugh grimly / grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc) / bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile
HSK 7-9
to roar with laughter / hoots of laughter / guffaw
laughter
HSK 6
funny / ridiculous
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笑* | 笑* | *笑
old variant of
HSK 1
to tease; to make fun of
HSK 7-9
the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
HSK 7-9
giggle
smiling face / smiley :) ☺ / CL:
HSK 6
to giggle / to laugh foolishly / to smirk / to simper
to laugh heartily / a belly laugh
grinning from ear to ear (idiom) / beaming with happiness
to laugh heartily / to burst into loud laughter
to laugh happily / a belly-laugh
to burst out laughing / to laugh
to get people to laugh / funny / hilarious
HSK 7-9
to laugh involuntarily / Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears
HSK 7-9
cheers and laughter
HSK 7-9
to be laughing and playing / to giggle
HSK 7-9
brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy / all smiles
HSK 7-9
to laugh / laughter
talking and laughing / to jest / cheerful and lively
to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened / to remain cheerful (despite a crisis)
amused by even the weakest joke / ready to laugh at the smallest thing
(idiom) to smile sweetly
canned laughter; laugh track
bitter smile
to watch with amusement as sb makes a fool of himself
to deride; to mock / (jocular) to heckle good-naturedly; to razz
to sneer at sb / to ridicule
HSK 7-9
to howl with laughter; to laugh one's head off
laughing gas (nitrous oxide)
evil smile / sinister smile
(idiom) to split one's sides laughing
popular comedian / comic star
to laugh away (instead of taking seriously)
to split one's sides laughing
(literary) to sneer / to laugh at
to force a smile / a bitter laugh
HSK 7-9
to sneer
HSK 7-9
smirk / insincere smile
He laughs best who laughs last.
to dismiss with a laugh / to make light of
corny joke
laugh in (up) one's sleeve / snigger / snicker
to mock / to be ridiculed / to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble)
lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom); friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions / when the fox preaches, look to the geese
erhua variant of 笑話|笑话
HSK 2
to laugh out loud
to kindly accept (an offering)
to laugh one's head off / ridiculous / jaw-dropping
to pretend to look happy / to force oneself to smile
funny bits / humorous parts / jokes / punchline
lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness / abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom)
annoyed and amused in equal measure
(idiom) to look at each other and smile
to chat and laugh / to crack jokes / to banter
to stifle a guffaw
smiling expression
a matter for ridicule / an object of ridicule / laughingstock
beaming / all smiles
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears
uproarious laughter
entertaining / hilarious
object of ridicule / laughingstock / to laugh over sth / to make light chat
lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom) / fig. the pot calling the kettle black
to laugh up one's sleeve
concubine's smile, a cultivar of lychee
grinning / smiling
(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
all smiles / smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly
to be angry about sth but also find it laughable
dimple / smiling face
to smile brightly
to laugh irrepressibly
to smile but say nothing
to talk cheerfully and wittily / to joke together
Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, pseudonym of the Ming dynasty writer and author of the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅
talking and laughing / cheerful talk
to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL: 聲|声
to giggle foolishly / to titter
comedic material / (in reference to a person) laughingstock / butt of jokes
dimple (on the cheek when smiling)
the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty / lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)
to make a fool of oneself / to make oneself a laughing stock
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
to burst out laughing / hilarious / burst of laughter
to laugh heartily
laugh lines (on the face)

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