笑 xiào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 夭 young, energetic
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
笑
xiào
to laugh, to smile
Character
Example phrases
- 他在笑什么？ Tā zài xiào shénme? What is he laughing at?
- 大家都笑了。 Dàjiā dōu xiào le. Everyone laughed.
- 我喜欢看你笑。 Wǒ xǐhuan kàn nǐ xiào. I love seeing you smile.
Related words
- 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào to joke
- 好听 hǎotīng pleasant to hear
- 生日 shēngrì birthday
- 好看 hǎokàn good-looking, nice
- 新年 xīnnián New Year
- 看见 kànjiàn to see, to catch sight of
- 电 diàn electricity
- 看到 kàndào to see
- 电话 diànhuà telephone; phone call
- 看 kàn to look, to watch; to read
- 打电话 dǎdiànhuà to make a phone call
- 电影 diànyǐng film, movie