The Chinese word for to laugh is
大笑
dà xiàoChinese Definition
laugh | |
1. 动词. 大笑 | |
Components | |
大 | |
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 | |
笑 | |
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 笑 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 |
笑 | |
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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