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| Pronunciation |
: |
xiào |
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| Meaning |
: |
- smile; laugh. (v)
- ridicule; laugh at. (v)
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| Radical |
: |
竹 |
| Strokes |
: |
10 |
| Traditional |
: |
笑 |
| Usage |
: |
32.2% |
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Sentences:
| 1. The children laughed with great delight! |
| hái |
zǐ |
men |
xiào |
de |
kāi |
xīn |
jí |
le |
！ |
| 孩 |
子 |
们 |
笑 |
得 |
开 |
心 |
极 |
了 |
！ |
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| 孩子 |
: |
child, children |
| 们 |
: |
plural marker for pronouns and a few animate nouns |
| 笑 |
: |
laugh |
| 得 |
: |
used after a verb or an adjective to express possibility or capability |
| 开心 |
: |
happy |
| 极 |
: |
extremely |
| 了 |
: |
(particle) used after an action that has taken place |
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| 2. She smiled at me. |
| tā |
xiàng |
wǒ |
wēi |
xiào |
。 |
| 她 |
向 |
我 |
微 |
笑 |
。 |
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| 她 |
: |
she |
| 向 |
: |
towards |
| 我 |
: |
I, me |
| 微笑 |
: |
smile |
| 微 |
: |
small, tiny, micro |
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| 3. Don’t worry, nobody will laugh at you. |
| bié |
dān |
xīn |
， |
dà |
jiā |
bú |
huì |
xiào |
nǐ |
de |
。 |
| 别 |
担 |
心 |
， |
大 |
家 |
不 |
会 |
笑 |
你 |
的 |
。 |
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| 别 |
: |
don’t |
| 担心 |
: |
worry |
| 大家 |
: |
authority, everyone |
| 不会 |
: |
will not |
| 笑 |
: |
laugh at |
| 你 |
: |
you |
| 的 |
: |
(particle) used after a verb or between a verb and its object to stress an element of the sentence |
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| 4. Don’t laugh at him. |
| bú |
yào |
cháo |
xiào |
tā |
。 |
| 不 |
要 |
嘲 |
笑 |
他 |
。 |
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| 不要 |
: |
do not, don’t want |
| 嘲笑 |
: |
laugh at |
| 他 |
: |
he, him |
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