HSK 5 · Emotions

微笑 wēixiào “smile” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 微笑 means

  1. smile

Measure word 个 gè or 丝 sī · 一个微笑 yí ge wēixiào

How to say 微笑

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale微wēi1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale笑xiào4th tone, falling

微笑 in a sentence

  1. 只要你微笑，我就会快乐。

    Zhǐyào nǐ wēixiào, wǒ jiù huì kuàilè.

    As long as you smile, I’m happy.

    Sentence #393370 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她用一个微笑迎接了我。

    Tā yòng yí ge wēixiào yíngjiē le wǒ.

    She greeted me with a smile.

    Sentence #791348 from Tatoeba

  3. 照片里的女孩在微笑。

    Zhàopiàn lǐ de nǚhái zài wēixiào.

    The girl in the photo is smiling.

    Sentence #633993 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 微笑 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 微 (wēi) with each of its parts in a different colour
微wēitiny
  • 彳step · chì
  • 山mountain · shān
  • 兀weak · wù
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pū
The character 笑 (xiào) with each of its parts in a different colour
笑xiàoto laugh; to smile
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhú
  • 夭young · yāo

How to write 微笑

微 13 strokes · 笑 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

微笑 (wēixiào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 微笑 (wēixiào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 微笑

Words with 微

稍微shāowēi · a little bit微观wēiguān · microscopic微不足道wēibùzúdào · insignificant无微不至wúwēibúzhì · in every possible way

Words with 笑

笑xiào · to laugh笑话xiàohua · joke开玩笑kāiwánxiào · to play a joke嘲笑cháoxiào · to mock讥笑jīxiào · to sneer at

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

热心rèxīn · enthusiastic疼爱téng'ài · to love dearly痛苦tòngkǔ · pain痛快tòngkuài · delighted无奈wúnài · to have no alternative无所谓wúsuǒwèi · to not matter消极xiāojí · negative心理xīnlǐ · psychology

FAQs

微笑 (wēixiào) means “smile”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it wēixiào: wēi with a 1st tone, then xiào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 微笑 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè) or 丝 (sī). For example, one smile is 一个微笑 (yí ge wēixiào).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type weixiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 微笑 from the suggestions. Typing weixiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
微笑 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.