笑
脸

Smiling face in Chinese: 笑脸 (xiào liǎn)

xiào liǎn

smiling face

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 笑臉1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1smiling face
  2. 2smiley :) ☺

Stroke order

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笑
脸

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄠˋ

xiào

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄌㄧㄢˇ

liǎn

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

笑脸

Simplified

笑臉

Traditional

Example sentences

See 笑脸 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 她总是带着一张笑脸迎接客人。

    tā zǒng shì dài zhe yì zhāng xiào liǎn yíng jiē kè rén。

    She always greets guests with a smiling face.

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Related words

笑

xiào

to laugh

脸

liǎn

face

笑话

xiào hua

joke

微笑

wēi xiào

smile

脸盆

liǎn pén

washbowl

脸色

liǎn sè

complexion

笑容

xiào róng

smile

笑声

xiào shēng

laughter

嘲笑

cháo xiào

to jeer at

耻笑

chǐ xiào

to sneer at sb

丢脸

diū liǎn

to lose face

搞笑

gǎo xiào

to get people to laugh

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