笑
xiào
to laugh; to smile
to laugh at
bamboo (⺮) + bending young (夭) = to laugh and smile
Bamboo stalks sway and bend gracefully in the wind, and 夭 depicts a person bending or stretching. Together they evoke the image of someone bowing over with laughter, shoulders shaking like swaying bamboo.
Words with 笑
逗笑儿
dòu xiào r
erhua variant of 逗笑[dou4 xiao4]
逗人发笑
dòu rén fā xiào
to make people laugh
逗笑
dòu xiào
to amuse
开玩笑
kāi wán xiào
to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
阴笑
yīn xiào
to laugh evilly
露齿而笑
lù chǐ ér xiào
to grin
闹笑话
nào xiào hua
to make a fool of oneself
龟笑鳖无尾
guī xiào biē wú wěi
lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom)
一笑了之
yī xiào liǎo zhī
to laugh away (instead of taking seriously)
一笑置之
yī xiào zhì zhī
to dismiss with a laugh
一颦一笑
yī pín yī xiào
every frown and every smile
不值一笑
bù zhí yī xiào
of no value