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to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笑* | 笑* | *笑
to laugh; to smile / to laugh at
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
funny / ridiculous
HSK 7-9
(of an actor) to break character by laughing; to corpse
to tease; to make fun of
HSK 7-9
the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to laugh involuntarily / Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]
to chat and laugh / to crack jokes / to banter
giggle
laughter
HSK 6
smiling face
to giggle / to laugh foolishly / to smirk / to simper
to laugh heartily / a belly laugh
cheers and laughter
HSK 7-9
corny joke
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
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
smiling face / smiley :) ☺ / CL:
HSK 6
to sneer
HSK 7-9
to laugh / laughter
to laugh happily / a belly-laugh
to kindly accept (an offering)
(idiom) to smile sweetly
to welcome sb with a smiling face (idiom)
to howl with laughter; to laugh one's head off
evil smile / sinister smile
(idiom) to split one's sides laughing
popular comedian / comic star
to tease / to poke fun at
canned laughter; laugh track
to laugh away (instead of taking seriously)
(idiom) to look at each other and smile
to split one's sides laughing
(literary) to sneer / to laugh at
amused by even the weakest joke / ready to laugh at the smallest thing
to force a smile / a bitter laugh
HSK 7-9
to sneer at sb / to ridicule
HSK 7-9
to dismiss with a laugh / to make light of
comedy / farce
laugh in (up) one's sleeve / snigger / snicker
a novice making a fool of himself / to make oneself ridiculous before experts
to watch with amusement as sb makes a fool of himself
to laugh out loud
laughing gas (nitrous oxide)
to laugh evilly
to laugh one's head off / ridiculous / jaw-dropping
to talk cheerfully and wittily / to joke together
dimple / smiling face
annoyed and amused in equal measure
laughing Maitreya
grinning from ear to ear (idiom) / beaming with happiness
to make a fool of oneself / to make oneself a laughing stock
to stifle a guffaw
smiling expression
a matter for ridicule / an object of ridicule / laughingstock
beaming / all smiles
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
entertaining / hilarious
to smile apologetically or obsequiously
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
to laugh irrepressibly
every frown and every smile
He laughs best who laughs last.
to mock / to be ridiculed / to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble)
to giggle foolishly / to titter
comedic material / (in reference to a person) laughingstock / butt of jokes
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
to amuse / to cause to smile / amusing
to sneer at
to put on a fake smile (idiom) / to smile insincerely
to joke / joke / jest
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咲* | 咲* | *咲
old variant of
HSK 1
bitter smile
man with a big smile and evil intentions
(literary) to smile
to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL: 聲|声
uproarious laughter
Jokes (title of an ancient collection of jokes, often used in the title of modern collections of jokes)
to ridicule / to mock
of no value / worthless

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