說笑

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	laugh; smile
trad. (說笑)		說	笑
simp. (说笑)		说	笑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuōxiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ siu³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): seh-chhiò / serh-chhiò / soeh-chhiò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): suêh⁴ cio³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuōxiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuosiào
    • Wade–Giles: shuo¹-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: shwō-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuoshiaw
    • Palladius: шосяо (šosjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ siu³
    • Yale: syut siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ xiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ siːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seh-chhiò
    • Tâi-lô: seh-tshiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sehchioix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰio²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: serh-chhiò
    • Tâi-lô: serh-tshiò
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sə(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰio⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soeh-chhiò
    • Tâi-lô: sueh-tshiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soehchioix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰio²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suêh⁴ cio³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sueh tshiò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sueʔ²⁻⁴ t͡sʰio²¹³/

Verb

說笑

1. to chat and laugh
2. to crack jokes; to joke

Synonyms

• (to joke): (dialectal) 講笑／讲笑