笑

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Pronunciation : xiào

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Meaning :
  1. smile; laugh. (v)
  2. ridicule; laugh at. (v)
Radical : 竹
Strokes : 10
Traditional : 笑
Usage : 32.2%
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
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
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
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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September 1st, 2009 in Daily Word, Level 1 | tags: , , , ,

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