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笑
笑 (xiào)
xiào
HSK level
HSK 2
Part of speech
Verb, Noun
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Meanings
1
to laugh
2
a smile
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Words with 笑
开玩笑
kāiwánxiào
HSK 4
to make a joke; to not be serious
HSK 4
微笑
wēixiào
HSK 5
to smile; a smile
HSK 5
笑声
xiàoshēng
sound of laughter
嘲笑
cháoxiào
to mock or ridicule
笑话
xiàohuà
joke; something laughable or ridiculous
讥笑
jīxiào
to mock, to ridicule
哭笑不得
kūxiàobùdé
to be both annoyed and amused; to not know whether to cry or laugh
保持微笑
bǎochíwéixiào
to keep smiling