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失笑

shī xiào

2-character word

What 失笑 means

1. to laugh in spite of oneself
2. to be unable to help laughing
3. to break into laughter

The characters in 失笑

• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 笑xiàoto laugh; to smile; to laugh at

Words containing 失笑

• 哑然失笑yǎ rán shī xiàoto laugh involuntarily; Taiwan pr. è rán shī xiào

Sounds the same

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

• 失效to fail; to lose effectiveness

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shī xiào correctly.
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