笑 (xiào) — to laugh; to smile; to ridicule; to bloom.
Traditional explanation: Bamboo (⺮) bending in the wind like a dancer (夭) doubled over laughing.
Example sentences with 笑:
- 他笑了一下。 — tā xiào le yī xià. — He smiled.
- 你为什么笑？ — nǐ wèi shén me xiào? — Why are you laughing?
- 他听了这个故事，笑得肚子疼。 — tā tīng le zhè gè gù shì, xiào de dù zi téng. — He heard this story and laughed until his stomach hurt.
- 别笑我，我的汉语说得还不太好。 — Bié xiào wǒ, wǒ de Hàn yǔ shuō de hái bú tài hǎo. — Don't laugh at me, my Chinese isn't very good yet.
- 每次想起那件有趣的事，她都会忍不住笑出声来。 — Měi cì xiǎng qǐ nà jiàn yǒu qù de shì, tā dōu huì rěn bu zhù xiào chū shēng lái. — Every time she recalls that funny incident, she can't help laughing out loud.
- 面对别人的误解，他只是淡淡地笑了笑，并没有解释。 — Miàn duì bié rén de wù jiě, tā zhǐ shì dàn dàn de xiào le xiào, bìng méi yǒu jiě shì. — Faced with others' misunderstanding, he just smiled faintly and didn't explain.
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