lěng xiào

HSK 7–9

冷笑 (lěng xiào) is a Chinese word meaning “to sneer; to laugh grimly; grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to sneer
  2. 2to laugh grimly
  3. 3grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc)
  4. 4bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 冷笑

冷lěng · cold笑xiào · to laugh; to smile

Related words

笑to laugh; to smile笑old variant of 笑[xiao4]玩笑to joke冷静calm; cool-headed; dispassionate开玩笑to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke冷cold冷surname Leng笑话joke; jest可笑funny好笑laughable; funny; ridiculous微笑smile嘲笑to jeer at

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