SMILE  微笑

LAUGH SLIGHTLY AND SILENTLY, NOT SHOWING TEETH.
BEAMGRIN (FROM EAR TO EAR)DIMPLETWINKLESMIRKSIMPERLEER
Antonym
  • FROWNPRODUCE WRINKLES ON one's FOREHEAD AS A REACTION TO SOMETHING ONE has become AWARE of.
    Hypernym
    • LAUGHREACT OR ACT BREATHING OUT SUDDENLY AND USING a COMPLEX MOVEMENT of the FACE TYPICALLY SHOWING DELIGHT.
      • REACTCHANGE one's THINKING OR ACTING BECAUSE one is PERCEIVING something.
        • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2.
          • EVENTREALITY that ARISES in TIME....
    Old Chinese Criteria
    We need to see which classical items can be moved here.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    See CH article.

    • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 1199

    • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 16.25

    • A Brief History of the Smile ( TRUMBLE 2004) p.

    • Democritus Ridens ( WEBER 1857) p. 1.47

    • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 51B

    Words

    笑  xiào OC: sqows MC: siɛu 106 AttributionsWD

      Syntactic words
    • nabactsmile
    • nabact(beguiling) smile (of a lady or a toady)
    • nabactsmile
    • vadNbeguilingsmiling
    • vadVamusedwith a(n amused or well-pleased) smile 笑曰
    • vadVcongenialwith a smile (amicably)
    • viactlaugh as a sign that one is amused by what one experiences
    • viactsmile in a beguiling manner (of women)
    • viactsmile congenially in conversation etc.　相視而笑
    • viactsmile as a reaction to something pleasant　大悅而笑
    • viactsmile (with a despondent sigh etc)
    • viactsmile with contempt
    • viactembarrassed smile
    • viactgo through the motions of a smile, cut a smiling face
    • vtoNamusedmiddle voice: be smiled at
    哂  shěn OC: qhjɯnʔ MC: ɕin 3 AttributionsWD

    The rare word shěn 哂 refers to a discreet, noiseless smile.

      Syntactic words
    • viactsmile
    • vtoNactsmile （an overbearing smile) at
    含笑  hán xiào OC: ɡlɯɯm sqows MC: ɦəm siɛu 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactsmile (often adverbial)
    莞爾  wǎn ěr OC: ɡroonʔ mljelʔ MC: ɦɣan ȵiɛ 2 AttributionsWD

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 笑/LAUGH The clearly predominant word for smiling and laughing is xiào 笑 which refers to any laughter, loud or quiet, kind or unkind.

      Syntactic words
    • VPadVintensitive(smile) mildly 莞爾而笑
    咥  chì OC: kh-liɡ MC: ʈhit 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • viactlaughing; be jeering
    咿  yī OC: qlil MC: ʔi 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • viactto laugh
    孩  hái OC: ɡɯɯ MC: ɦəi 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • viactsmile as a baby (LAO)
    哂然  shěn rán OC: qhjɯnʔ njen MC: ɕin ȵiɛn 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVby way of a quiet smile
    微笑  wēi wéi xiào MC: mj+j -- OC: mɯl --CH 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactsmileCH
    粲  càn 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadNfigurativewith a warm and bright smileCH
    咍  hāi OC: qhlɯɯ MC: həi 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNlaugh at
    唪  běng OC: booŋʔ MC: buŋ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • viactlaugh (SHUOWEN)
    唲  ér OC: ŋje MC: ȵiɛ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • viactforced laughter ?????
    睃  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • viactgive a quick smiling look to someone. German: zuzwinkern
    莞  wǎn OC: ɡroonʔ MC: ɦɣan 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadVsmile (LUNYU)
    咳笑  hái xiào OC: ɡɯɯ sqows MC: ɦəi siɛu 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactsmile

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