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微笑

wēi xiào

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 个、丝

微笑 (wēi xiào) means "to smile". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 微笑 means

1. smile
2. to smile

The characters in 微笑

• 微wēitiny; miniature; slightly
• 笑xiàoto laugh; to smile; to laugh at

Example sentences

• 保持微笑。
  Keep on smiling.
• 不要微笑。
  Don't smile.
• 迈克微笑了。
  Mike smiled.
• 你还在微笑。
  You're still smiling.
• 我试着微笑。
  I tried to smile.
• 男孩微微笑。
  The boy is smiling.

Where 微笑 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Warmth, Smiles & Gentle Care (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wēi xiào correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.