Chinese symbol for “laughter”
笑声
xiào shēng
Traditional: 笑聲
laughter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for laughter is 笑声 (xiào shēng), defined as: laughter.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “laughter”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 笑声.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 微笑 | wēi xiào | smile; 个 (gè),丝 (sī) |
| 笑话 (笑話) | xiào hua | joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock |
| 开玩笑 (開玩笑) | kāi wán xiào | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke |
| 可笑 | kě xiào | funny; ridiculous |
| 搞笑 | gǎo xiào | to get people to laugh; funny |
| 嘲笑 | cháo xiào | to jeer at; to deride |
| 声音 (聲音) | shēng yīn | sound; voice |
| 声明 (聲明) | shēng míng | to state; to declare |
See also: Japanese symbol for “laughter”.
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.