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微笑wēi xiào
smile
Definitions
| Chinese > English | |
| 微笑 | 微xiào |
| 1. v. to smile | |
| 保持 微笑 - to keep smiling | |
| 2. n. smile | |
| English > Chinese | |
| smile | |
| 1. 名词. 微笑。 | |
| 2. 动词. 微笑。 | |
| Components | |
| 微 | 微 |
| 1. tiny; small; trifling | |
| 2. to decline; to deteriorate | |
| 3. humble; low-ranking | |
| 4. slight; gentle | |
| 5. slightly; gently | |
| 6. micro- (SI unit prefix) | |
| 7. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 微 | |
| 8. (telegraphy) the fifth day of a month | |
| 9. (mouth, eyes, etc.) to close slightly | |
| 10. a little | |
| 笑 | xiào |
| 1. (intransitive) to laugh; to smile | |
| 笑容 - smile | |
| 唔識 笑 - never smiles | |
| 2. to laugh at; to ridicule | |
| 點解 你哋 成seng4日 笑 我 㗎？ - Why do you guys always laugh at me? | |
| 3. (ditransitive) to laugh at; to ridicule | |
| 笑 佢 唔識 講 廣東話waa6-2 - to make fun of them for not knowing how to speak Cantonese | |
| 4. (literary, or in compounds) funny; amusing | |
| 笑話 - joke, lit=funny words | |
| 5. (obsolete, figurative) to blossom; to bloom | |
| 6. (rare) | |
Pronunciation
wēi xiào
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