Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 笑
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笑 |
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Hanzi-Trainer
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Meaning |
laugh, smile |
Pronunciation |
xiào |
Explanation |
Top: bamboo 竹, below: early death 夭 (here seen as heaven 天) |
Mnemonic
| Bamboo that grows up to heaven? This is to laugh! |
Radicals
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竹
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bamboo | |
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夭
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early death | ( to die prematurely, Don't mistake with heaven/sky 天) |
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天
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sky | (Don't mistake with "early death" 夭, even if there ae some overlappings in the explanations.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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. |
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