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大笑

dà xiào

2-character word

What 大笑 means

1. to laugh heartily
2. a belly laugh

The characters in 大笑

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 笑xiàoto laugh; to smile; to laugh at

Example sentences

• 哄堂大笑。
  The whole audience erupted in laughter.
• 我忍不住要大笑。
  Wǒ rěnbuzhù yào dàxiào.
  I could hardly keep from laughing.

Words containing 大笑

• 哈哈大笑hā hā dà xiàoto laugh heartily; to burst into loud laughter
• 哄堂大笑hōng táng dà xiàothe whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
• 捧腹大笑pěng fù dà xiào(idiom) to split one's sides laughing

Sounds the same

Read dà xiào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 大校senior ranking officer in Chinese army; senior colonel