言笑

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	laugh; smile
trad. (言笑)		言	笑
simp. #(言笑)		言	笑
anagram		笑言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánxiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ siu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánxiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánsiào
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: yán-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanshiaw
    • Palladius: яньсяо (janʹsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ siu³
    • Yale: yìhn siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ xiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ siːu̯³³/

Verb

言笑

1. to talk and laugh

Synonyms

• (literary) 笑言 (xiàoyán)

Derived terms

• 不苟言笑 (bùgǒuyánxiào)
• 言笑自若

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (言笑):

• → Japanese: 言笑(げんしょう) (genshō)
• → Korean: 언소(言笑) (eonso)