Memory phrase for the character: 笑

笑

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Meaning

laugh, smile

Pronunciation

xiào

Explanation

 Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: early death 夭 (here seen as heaven 天) [sky 天 = The line 一 above the big 大 person indicates the sky.]

Mnemonic
 
Bamboo that grows up to heaven? This is to laugh!

Radicals

竹 bamboo
夭 early death to die prematurely, Don't mistake with heaven/sky 天
天 skyThe line 一 above the big 大 person indicates the sky. - Don't mistake with "early death" 夭, even though there is some overlapping in the explanations.




 Vocabulary

笑话 xiào huà  joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock
狞笑 níng xiào  sardonic smile; to laugh maliciously
嗤笑 chī xiào  to sneer at
破涕为笑 pò tì wéi xiào  to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
笑眯眯 xiào mī mī  beaming; all smiles
讥笑 jī xiào  to sneer
咧开嘴笑 liě kāi zuǐ xiào  to laugh
嘲笑 cháo xiào  jeer; mockery; scoff; sneer; make fun of; laugh at (derogatory)
鸴鸠笑鹏 xué jiū xiào péng  the phoenix laughs at the roc (idiom)
开玩笑 kāi wán xiào  to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好 shéi xiào dào zuì hòu , shéi xiào dé zuì hǎo  He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好 shéi xiào dào zuì hòu , shéi xiào dé zuì hǎo  He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好 shéi xiào dào zuì hòu , shéi xiào dé zuì hǎo  

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