微笑

微笑

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēixiào, wéixiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠˋ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ siu³
• Min Nan (POJ): bî-chhiò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: wēixiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueishiaw
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: wéixiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weishiaw
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ siu³
    • Yale: mèih siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ xiu³
    • IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ siːu̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-chhiò
    • Tâi-lô: bî-tshiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bichioix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰio²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰio⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² t͡ɕʰio²¹/

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

微笑

1. smile

Derived terms

微笑服務／微笑服务 (wēixiào fúwù)

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Japanese

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

Noun

微笑 (hiragana びしょう, rōmaji 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”).