言笑

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	laugh; smile
trad. (言笑)		言	笑
simp. ^#(言笑)		言	笑
anagram		笑言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yánxiào

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ siu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yánxiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yánsiào
  - Wade–Giles: yen²-hsiao⁴
  - Yale: yán-syàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanshiaw
  - Palladius: яньсяо (janʹsjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin⁴ siu³
  - Yale: yìhn siu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ siu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ xiu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ siːu̯³³/

Verb

言笑

to talk and laugh

Synonyms

(literary) 笑言 (xiàoyán)

Derived terms

不苟言笑 (bùgǒuyánxiào)
言笑自若

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (言笑):

→ Japanese: 言笑(げんしょう) (genshō)
→ Korean: 언소(言笑) (eonso)