微笑

Chinese

		tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	laugh; smile
trad. (微笑)		微	笑
simp. #(微笑)		微	笑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēixiào, wéixiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠˋ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ siu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî-chhiò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēixiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weisiào
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: wēi-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueishiaw
    • Palladius: вэйсяо (vɛjsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéixiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéisiào
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: wéi-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weishiaw
    • Palladius: вэйсяо (vɛjsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ siu³
    • Yale: mèih siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ xiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ siːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-chhiò
    • Tâi-lô: bî-tshiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bichioix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰio²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² t͡sʰio²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰio⁴¹/

Verb

微笑

1. to smile

   保持微笑  ―  bǎochí wēixiào  ―  to keep smiling

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 瞇瞇笑／眯眯笑, 麻文笑, 麻微笑, 文文仔笑, 麻微仔笑, 麻微

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 微笑

1. smile

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
微	笑
び Grade: S	しょう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

微(び)笑(しょう) • (bishō) 

1. smile

Synonyms

• 微笑(ほほえ)み (hohoemi)
• 笑(え)み (emi)
• 笑顔(えがお) (egao)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
微	笑

Noun

微笑 • (miso) (hangeul 미소)

1. Hanja form^? of 미소 (“smile”).