Chinese word dictionary

暗笑

àn xiào · laugh in (up) one's sleeve; snigger; snicker

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Word information

Simplified暗笑

Traditional暗笑

Pinyinàn xiào

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

暗àn

dark, gloomy; obscure; secret, covert

笑xiào

to smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker

How to learn 暗笑

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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笑xiào

old variant of 笑[xiao4]; to laugh; to smile; to laugh at

好笑hǎoxiào

laughable; funny; ridiculous

开玩笑kāiwánxiào

to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke

笑话xiàohua

joke; jest (CL:個|个[ge4]); to laugh at; to mock; ridiculous; absurd

暗àn

(literary) to close (a door); to eclipse; confused; ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]); dark (variant of 暗[an4]); dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant; variant of 暗[an4]

微笑wēixiào

smile; CL:個|个[ge4],絲|丝[si1]; to smile