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Chinese symbol for “giggle”

傻笑
shǎ xiào
to giggle; to laugh foolishly; to smirk; to simper

The closest CC-CEDICT match for giggle is 傻笑 (shǎ xiào), defined as: to giggle; to laugh foolishly; to smirk; to simper.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

傻 shǎ
foolish, silly, stupid; an imbecile
radical 9 ⼈ · 13 strokes
笑 xiào
to smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker
radical 118 ⽵ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “giggle”

WordPinyinMeaning
格格笑gé gé xiàogiggle
嘻xīlaugh; giggle
嬉笑xī xiàoto be laughing and playing; to giggle

Related words

Other words that share a character with 傻笑.

WordPinyinMeaning
傻子shǎ ziidiot; fool
傻瓜shǎ guāidiot; fool
傻蛋shǎ dànstupid young fellow; idiot
装傻 (裝傻)zhuāng shǎto act stupid; to pretend to be naive
傻眼shǎ yǎn(coll.) stunned; dumbfounded; flabbergasted
微笑wēi xiàosmile; 个 (gè),丝 (sī)
笑话 (笑話)xiào huajoke; jest; to laugh at; to mock
开玩笑 (開玩笑)kāi wán xiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke

See also: Japanese symbol for “giggle”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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