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The Chinese word for to laugh is
大笑

dà xiào



to laugh

Chinese Definition


laugh
     1. 动词. 大笑
Components
     1. of great size; big; large; huge
           Antonyms: 小
           這 個 太 大 了! (Zhè ge tài dà le!) - This is too big!
           呢ni1 條 褲 好 大 條。 - This pair of pants is very big.
     2. big; great
           ^中 ^美 關係 已 有 很 大 改善。 (Zhōng Měi guānxì yǐ yǒu hěn dà gǎishàn.) - Relations between China and America have improved greatly.
           ^大不列顛 (Dàbùlièdiān) - Great Britain
     3. great of its kind
           昨天 下 大雨。 (Zuótiān xià dàyǔ.) - There was heavy rain yesterday.
           好 大 ? 味 - a very strong smell
     4. in an extreme manner; greatly
           大 哭 (dà kū) - to cry violently
           大吃一驚 (dàchīyījīng) - to be greatly shocked
           大 不 相同 (dà bù xiàngtóng) - to be greatly different
           你 遇到 這 種 情況,大 可以 走人 哪na。 (Nǐ yùdào zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng, dà kěyǐ zǒurén na.) - If you come across this kind of situation, you absolutely can leave.
           你 可 不 知道,他 昨兒r 過來lai 大 折zhē騰teng 了 一 場。好家伙huo,差chà點兒r.沒 把 這兒r 拆 嘍! (Nǐ kě bù zhīdào, tā zuór guòlai dà zhēteng le yī chǎng. Hǎojiāhuo, chàdiǎnr méi bǎ zhèr chāi lou!) - You don't even know, yest
     5. main; major
           Antonyms: 小
           他們 將 車 一直 開 到 大 門口。 (Tāmen jiāng chē yīzhí kāi dào dà ménkǒu.) - They drove right up to the main gate.
           他 是 一家 石油 公司 的 大 股東。 (Tā shì yījiā shíyóu gōngsī de dà gǔdōng.) - He is a major stockholder in an oil company.
     6. well-known; successful (only applied to some occupations)
           大 書法家 (dà shūfǎjiā) - a well-known calligrapher
     7. mature; grown up
           Antonyms: 小
           你 多 大 了? (Nǐ duō dà le?) - How old are you?
           她 比 他 大。 (Tā bǐ tā dà.) - She is older than him.
           你 隻 狗 係 咁 大daai6-2 㗎 喇。 - Your dog isn't going to grow any older.
     8. (Cantonese) to grow up
           喺 廣州 大 - to grow up in Guangzhou
     9. (Cantonese) to be older than
           Antonyms: 細
           我 大 佢 兩 年。 - I am older than them by two years.
     10. (dialectal) father
     11. (dialectal) father's elder or younger brother
     12. (Cantonese, slang) to intimidate; to threaten
           你 大 我 呀aa4? - Are you trying to intimidate me?
           你 咪mai5 大 我。 - Don't you threaten me.
     13. (Cantonese) only so big
           咁高咁大daai6-2 - gam3 gou1 gam3 daai6-2 - , C
     14. (Cantonese, euphemistic) number two
           我 好 急 呀,要 去 大。 - I'm very desperate and need to go number two.
     15. Short for 大學 (gloss=university) Used only in the abbreviation of the name.
           ^北大 (Běidà) - Peking University
     16. 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (?)
     17. Used in 大夫 (doctor)
     18. Used in 大王 (tr=dàiwáng, (in operas, old novels, etc.) king; ringleader)
     19. Used in 大黃 (rhubarb)
     20. Used in 大城 (tr=Dàichéng, Daicheng, Hebei)
     21. Alternative form of 待 (to be about to; to intend to)
     22. Alternative form of 代 (dynasty)
     23. (Cantonese) small
           咁 大daai6-1 - so puny
     24. Variant of 太
     25. Variant of 泰
     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)



Translations for and their definitions

笑聲
     1. n. laughter (sound of laughing)


笑声
     1. Simplified form of 笑聲


發笑
     1. v. to burst into laughter; to laugh


     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)


发笑
     1. Simplified form of 發笑


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