Chinese symbol for “snicker”
暗笑
àn xiào
laugh in (up) one's sleeve; snigger; snicker
The closest CC-CEDICT match for snicker is 暗笑 (àn xiào), defined as: laugh in (up) one's sleeve; snigger; snicker.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 暗笑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黑暗 | hēi àn | dark; darkly |
| 暗示 | àn shì | to hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion |
| 暗杀 (暗殺) | àn shā | to assassinate |
| 暗中 | àn zhōng | in the dark; in secret |
| 阴暗 (陰暗) | yīn àn | dim; dark |
| 暗号 (暗號) | àn hào | secret signal; password; countersign |
| 微笑 | wēi xiào | smile; 个 (gè),丝 (sī) |
| 笑话 (笑話) | xiào hua | joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock |
See also: Japanese symbol for “snicker”.
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.