笑 (pinyin: xiào, written "xiao" or "xiao") means to smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker. Below: its meaning, pronunciation, stroke order, and example sentences, so you can learn how to read, say, and write 笑.
Meaning
to smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker
Stroke order
笑
Examples
奶奶从不嫌烦,只是笑着说:饺子和人一样,要慢慢练。
nǎi nai cóng bù xián fán, zhǐ shì xiào zhe shuō: jiǎo zi hé rén yí yàng, yào màn man liàn.
Grandma never got impatient, just smiled and said: dumplings are like people, they take slow practice.
但是兔子再也没有来。他的田都荒了,他成了村里的笑话。
dàn shì tù zi zài yě méi yǒu lái. tā de tián dōu huāng le, tā chéng le cūn lǐ de xiào hua.
But no rabbit ever came again. His fields all went to weeds, and he became the joke of the village.
èr shí fēn zhōng hòu, yí ge xiǎo nán hái zài lìng yì jiā diàn mén kǒu zhǎo dào le wǒ de qián bāo, dōng xi quán dōu zài. wǒ xiàng nà wèi lǎo bǎn dào xiè, tā zhǐ shì xiào xiao shuō: chū mén zài wài, dà jiā hù xiāng zhào gù.
Twenty minutes later, a little boy found my wallet at the entrance of another shop. Everything was still in it. I thanked the vendor, but he just smiled and said: when you're away from home, we all look out for each other.
tā dà shēng hǎn: "láng lái le! láng lái le!" shān xià de nóng mín men tīng dào hòu, mǎ shàng pǎo shàng shān lái bāng tā. kě shì dāng tā men dào le shān shang, fā xiàn gēn běn méi yǒu láng. nán hái kàn zhe tā men huāng zhāng de yàng zi, xiào de hé bù lǒng zuǐ.
He shouted loudly: "The wolf is coming! The wolf is coming!" The farmers below heard him and immediately ran up the mountain to help. But when they got there, they found there was no wolf at all. The boy watched their panicked faces and laughed until he couldn't close his mouth.