賠笑

Chinese

		lose in trade; pay damage	laugh; smile
trad. (賠笑)		賠	笑
simp. (赔笑)		赔	笑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): péixiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pui⁴ siu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: péixiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: péisiào
    • Wade–Giles: pʻei²-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: péi-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peirshiaw
    • Palladius: пэйсяо (pɛjsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pui⁴ siu³
    • Yale: pùih siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pui⁴ siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pui⁴ xiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯²¹ siːu̯³³/

Verb

賠笑

1. to smile obsequiously, apologetically, or appeasingly; to smile in a conciliating way

Synonyms

• 賠笑臉／赔笑脸 (péixiàoliǎn)
• (Min Nan) 扮笑面, 𩏠笑面／𫖖笑面