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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笑* | 笑* | *笑
to laugh; to smile / to laugh at
HSK 1
to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咲* | 咲* | *咲
old variant of
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
smile / smiling expression / CL:
HSK 6
laughter
HSK 6
smiling face / smiley :) ☺ / CL:
HSK 6
to jeer at / to deride / to ridicule / mockery / derision
HSK 7-9
laughable; funny; ridiculous
HSK 7-9
to force a smile / a bitter laugh
HSK 7-9
funny / ridiculous
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 sneer / to laugh grimly / grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc) / bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile
HSK 7-9
to sneer
HSK 7-9
to tease; to make fun of
HSK 7-9
cheers and laughter
HSK 7-9
to sneer at sb / to ridicule
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
the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to get people to laugh / funny / hilarious
HSK 7-9
grinning / smiling
to laugh heartily / a belly laugh
to mock / to be ridiculed / to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble)
smilingly / to be all smiles
to kindly accept (an offering)
to smile apologetically or obsequiously
to joke / joke / jest
smiling expression
to laugh happily / a belly-laugh
to have a smile on one's face
to burst out laughing / hilarious / burst of laughter
to laugh heartily / to burst into loud laughter
like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
object of ridicule / laughingstock / to laugh over sth / to make light chat
to sneer at
talking and laughing / to jest / cheerful and lively
to laugh out loud
grinning from ear to ear (idiom) / beaming with happiness
to chat and laugh / to crack jokes / to banter
to burst out laughing / to laugh
to put on a fake smile (idiom) / to smile insincerely
to watch with amusement as sb makes a fool of himself
to ridicule / to mock
to tease / to poke fun at
to laugh involuntarily / Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]
all smiles / smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly
to talk cheerfully and wittily / to joke together
every frown and every smile
to pretend to look happy / to force oneself to smile
smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face
dimple / smiling face
to laugh heartily
to laugh one's head off / ridiculous / jaw-dropping
to welcome sb with a smiling face (idiom)
(idiom) to look at each other and smile
bitter smile
to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
to snigger / to titter
to giggle / to laugh foolishly / to smirk / to simper
to laugh / laughter
lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom); friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions / when the fox preaches, look to the geese
laugh lines (on the face)
concubine's smile, a cultivar of lychee
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
talking and laughing / cheerful talk
smiling wholeheartedly (idiom); beaming from ear to ear
to make a fool of oneself / to make oneself a laughing stock
to work as a good-time girl; to prostitute oneself
to howl with laughter; to laugh one's head off
(of an actor) to break character by laughing; to corpse
to laugh nastily / evil grin
laughing gas (nitrous oxide)
to laugh evilly
to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened / to remain cheerful (despite a crisis)
to amuse / to cause to smile / amusing
to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL: 聲|声
smiling; with a smile
a matter for ridicule / an object of ridicule / laughingstock
comedic material / (in reference to a person) laughingstock / butt of jokes
to laugh up one's sleeve
to giggle foolishly / to titter
to laugh in spite of oneself / to be unable to help laughing / to break into laughter
to make a fool of oneself
dirty jokes / jokes of a visceral nature
dimple (on the cheek when smiling)
lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom) / fig. the pot calling the kettle black
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears
to be ridiculous / to make a fool of oneself
evil smile / sinister smile
comedy / farce
laugh in (up) one's sleeve / snigger / snicker
(idiom) to split one's sides laughing
to dismiss with a laugh / to make light of
man with a big smile and evil intentions
enchanting smile
(idiom) to smile sweetly

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