苦笑

Chinese

bitter; intensely; miserable
bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
 
laugh; smile
trad. (苦笑)
simp. #(苦笑)

Pronunciation


Verb

苦笑

  1. to smile a bitter smile; to force a smile; to smile wryly

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
しょう
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょー [kùshóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ɕo̞ː]

Noun

()(しょう) • (kushō

  1. bitter smile; forced smile

Verb

()(しょう)する • (kushō surusuru (stem ()(しょう) (kushō shi), past ()(しょう)した (kushō shita))

  1. to smile a bitter smile; to force a smile

Conjugation

See also