嬉 xī
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
嬉笑
xīxiào
to laugh and play; to giggle
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 会场外孩子们嬉笑追逐，和室内紧张的谈判气氛形成鲜明对比。 Huìchǎng wài háizimen xīxiào zhuīzhú, hé shìnèi jǐnzhāng de tánpàn qìfēn xíngchéng xiānmíng duìbǐ. Outside the venue, children laughed and chased one another, forming a sharp contrast with the tense negotiations inside.
- 公园里一群孩子嬉笑着跑来跑去，玩得非常开心。 Gōngyuán lǐ yī qún háizi xīxiào zhe pǎo lái pǎo qù, wán de fēicháng kāixīn. A group of children in the park ran around giggling, having great fun.
- 老同学聚会时大家嬉笑不断，聊到很晚才散。 Lǎo tóngxué jùhuì shí dàjiā xīxiào bùduàn, liáo dào hěn wǎn cái sàn. At the reunion, the old classmates laughed nonstop, chatting late into the night before parting.
Related words
- 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào to joke
- 笑 xiào to laugh, to smile
- 笑话 xiàohuà joke
- 笑话儿 xiàohuar joke; silly talk
- 微笑 wēixiào to smile; smile
- 嘲笑 cháoxiào to mock, to ridicule
- 笑容 xiàoróng smile
- 耻笑 chǐxiào to ridicule; to mock
- 搞笑 gǎoxiào to be funny; to make people laugh
- 哄堂大笑 hōngtángdàxiào to burst into laughter; the whole room roars with laughter
- 欢声笑语 huānshēngxiàoyǔ cheerful voices and laughter
- 讥笑 jīxiào to mock; to ridicule