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笑
咲
xiào
1. old variant of [[笑<xiào>]]
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

笑
xiào
to smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker
HSK 2 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

干笑
gānxiào
to give a hollow laugh
偷笑
tōuxiào
to laugh up one's sleeve
傻笑
shǎxiào
to giggle
冷笑
lěngxiào
to sneer
取笑
qǔxiào
to tease
可笑
kěxiào
funny
含笑
hánxiào
to have a smile on one's face
哂笑
shěnxiào
(literary) to sneer
哄笑
hōngxiào
to roar with laughter
喜笑
xǐxiào
to laugh
嗤笑
chīxiào
to sneer at
哗笑
huáxiào
uproarious laughter
嘲笑
cháoxiào
to jeer at
HSK 6
大笑
dàxiào
to laugh heartily
失笑
shīxiào
to laugh in spite of oneself
奸笑
jiānxiào
evil smile
好笑
hǎoxiào
laughable
媚笑
mèixiào
enchanting smile
嬉笑
xīxiào
to be laughing and playing
微笑
wēixiào
smile
HSK 5

Alternate Entries

笑
xiào
laugh / smile / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
HSK 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
345
Word Frequency Rank
558 of 84,292

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