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笑
xiào
Description
"笑"是人开心的时候脸上的样子，也可以是发出"哈哈"的声音。
"笑" is the expression on a person's face when they are happy, and it can also be the sound "haha" they make.
它有时候也表示对别人做的事觉得可笑或看不起。
Sometimes it also shows that someone finds what others do funny or looks down on it.
Meanings
笑xiào
to smile; to laugh
她听了以后笑了。
She laughed after hearing it.
笑xiào
to laugh at; to ridicule
别笑我，我也是第一次。
Don't laugh at me; it's my first time too.
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Notes
- Nuance
笑 covers both smiling and laughing; context or compounds like 微笑/大笑 clarify which.
- Etymology
pictophonetic character often associated with bamboo (竹) rustling like laughter.
In videos
“然后他美团都笑了”
“不要再笑了，你这讨厌的陌生人。”
“他刚好都跟我真笑人呢”
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