to laugh in spite of oneself; to be unable to help laughing; to break into laughter
说笑說笑shuo1 xiao4
to chat and laugh; to crack jokes; to banter
似笑非笑似笑非笑si4 xiao4 fei1 xiao4
like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
谈笑风生談笑風生tan2 xiao4 feng1 sheng1
to talk cheerfully and wittily; to joke together
谈笑自若談笑自若tan2 xiao4 zi4 ruo4
to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened; to remain cheerful (despite a crisis)
啼笑皆非啼笑皆非ti2 xiao4 jie1 fei1
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); between laughter and tears
调笑調笑tiao2 xiao4
to tease; to poke fun at
偷笑偷笑tou1 xiao4
to laugh up one's sleeve
玩笑玩笑wan2 xiao4
to joke; joke; jest
微笑微笑wei1 xiao4
smile; to smile
五十步笑百步五十步笑百步wu3 shi2 bu4 xiao4 bai3 bu4
the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom); the pot calls the kettle black
嬉皮笑脸嬉皮笑臉xi1 pi2 xiao4 lian3
all smiles; smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly
嘻皮笑脸嘻皮笑臉xi1 pi2 xiao4 lian3
see 嬉皮笑臉|嬉皮笑脸
嬉笑嬉笑xi1 xiao4
to be laughing and playing; to giggle
嬉笑怒骂嬉笑怒罵xi1 xiao4 nu4 ma4
lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom); fig. all kinds of emotions; to mock and scold; (of writing) freely roving; following the author's fancy
喜笑喜笑xi3 xiao4
to laugh; laughter
喜笑颜开喜笑顏開xi3 xiao4 yan2 kai1
grinning from ear to ear (idiom); beaming with happiness
笑柄笑柄xiao4 bing3
a matter for ridicule; an object of ridicule; laughingstock
笑不可仰笑不可仰xiao4 bu4 ke3 yang3
to double up with laughter (idiom)
笑不可抑笑不可抑xiao4 bu4 ke3 yi4
to laugh irrepressibly
笑点笑點xiao4 dian3
funny bits; humorous parts; jokes; punchline
笑点低笑點低xiao4 dian3 di1
amused by even the weakest joke; ready to laugh at the smallest thing
笑掉大牙笑掉大牙xiao4 diao4 da4 ya2
to laugh one's head off; ridiculous; jaw-dropping
笑哈哈笑哈哈xiao4 ha1 ha1
to laugh heartily
笑话笑話xiao4 hua4
joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock
笑口弥勒笑口彌勒xiao4 kou3 mi2 le4
laughing Maitreya
笑里藏刀笑裡藏刀xiao4 li3 cang2 dao1
lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom); friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions; when the fox preaches, look to the geese
笑脸笑臉xiao4 lian3
smiling face; smiley :) ☺
笑脸儿笑臉兒xiao4 lian3 er5
erhua variant of 笑臉|笑脸
笑脸相迎笑臉相迎xiao4 lian3 xiang1 ying2
to welcome sb with a smiling face (idiom)
笑料笑料xiao4 liao4
source of laughter; laughing stock; butt; joke (person)
笑林笑林xiao4 lin2
Jokes (title of an ancient collection of jokes, often used in the title of modern collections of jokes)
笑貌笑貌xiao4 mao4
smiling face
笑眯眯笑眯眯xiao4 mi1 mi1
beaming; all smiles
笑面虎笑面虎xiao4 mian4 hu3
man with a big smile and evil intentions
笑纳笑納xiao4 na4
to kindly accept (an offering)
笑鸥笑鷗xiao4 ou1
(bird species of China) laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
笑贫不笑娼笑貧不笑娼xiao4 pin2 bu4 xiao4 chang1
the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty; lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)
笑破肚皮笑破肚皮xiao4 po4 du4 pi2
to split one's sides laughing
笑容笑容xiao4 rong2
smile; smiling expression
笑容可掬笑容可掬xiao4 rong2 ke3 ju1
smiling wholeheartedly (idiom); beaming from ear to ear
笑声笑聲xiao4 sheng1
laughter
笑谈笑談xiao4 tan2
object of ridicule; laughingstock; to laugh over sth; to make light chat
笑纹笑紋xiao4 wen2
laugh lines (on the face)
笑涡笑渦xiao4 wo1
see 笑窩|笑窝
笑窝笑窩xiao4 wo1
dimple
笑靥笑靨xiao4 ye4
dimple; smiling face
笑意笑意xiao4 yi4
smiling expression
笑吟吟笑吟吟xiao4 yin2 yin2
smiling; with a smile
笑盈盈笑盈盈xiao4 ying2 ying2
smilingly; to be all smiles
笑语笑語xiao4 yu3
talking and laughing; cheerful talk
笑逐颜开笑逐顏開xiao4 zhu2 yan2 kai1
smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure; all smiles; joy written across one's face
哑然失笑啞然失笑ya3 ran2 shi1 xiao4
to laugh involuntarily; Taiwan pr.
嫣然一笑嫣然一笑yan1 ran2 yi1 xiao4
to smile sweetly
一颦一笑一顰一笑yi1 pin2 yi1 xiao4
every frown and every smile
一笑了之一笑了之yi1 xiao4 liao3 zhi1
to laugh away (instead of taking seriously)
一笑置之一笑置之yi1 xiao4 zhi4 zhi1
to dismiss with a laugh; to make light of
贻笑貽笑yi2 xiao4
to be ridiculous; to make a fool of oneself
贻笑大方貽笑大方yi2 xiao4 da4 fang1
to make a fool of oneself; to make oneself a laughing stock
贻笑方家貽笑方家yi2 xiao4 fang1 jia1
a novice making a fool of himself; to make oneself ridiculous before experts
阴笑陰笑yin1 xiao4
to laugh evilly
有说有笑有說有笑you3 shuo1 you3 xiao4
talking and laughing; to jest; cheerful and lively