Laugh in Chinese (Mandarin): 笑 (xiào)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 笑

• 笑

  To laugh, to smile. 竹 (bamboo) is on top.

  10 strokes

Fourth tone, falling. A smile is 微笑 (wēixiào), a "small laugh".

More examples with 笑

• 妈妈笑了。

  媽媽笑了。

  Māma xiào le.

  Mom smiled.

• 这个故事让我笑。

  這個故事讓我笑。

  Zhège gùshi ràng wǒ xiào.

  This story makes me laugh.

How to write 笑 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.