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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
smile / CL: 個|个, 絲|丝 / to smile
HSK 4
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
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
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
to be laughing and playing / to giggle
HSK 7-9
talking and laughing / to jest / cheerful and lively
to sneer
HSK 7-9
to laugh / laughter
to laugh happily / a belly-laugh
(idiom) to smile sweetly
to howl with laughter; to laugh one's head off
evil smile / sinister smile
(idiom) to split one's sides laughing
to tease / to poke fun at
(idiom) to look at each other and smile
(literary) to sneer / to laugh at
to force a smile / a bitter laugh
HSK 7-9
to sneer at sb / to ridicule
HSK 7-9
laugh in (up) one's sleeve / snigger / snicker
to laugh out loud
to laugh evilly
annoyed and amused in equal measure
to stifle a guffaw
to smile apologetically or obsequiously
to laugh up one's sleeve
concubine's smile, a cultivar of lychee
(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
every frown and every smile
to mock / to be ridiculed / to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble)
to giggle foolishly / to titter
to burst out laughing / hilarious / burst of laughter
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
(literary) to smile
to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL: 聲|声
uproarious laughter
to ridicule / to mock
of no value / worthless
chuckle
to have a smile on one's face
to pretend to look happy / to force oneself to smile
like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
to laugh
to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
to smile brightly
to burst out laughing / to laugh
to be angry about sth but also find it laughable
to be ridiculous / to make a fool of oneself
to make people laugh
to smirk / to grin wickedly / to snicker
to snigger / to titter
to work as a good-time girl; to prostitute oneself
to grin
smirk / insincere smile
(neologism c. 2017) (slang) kindly, indulgent smile (usu. on the face of a woman)
enchanting smile
to laugh nastily / evil grin


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