失笑 shī xiào

to laugh in spite of oneself; to be unable to help laughing

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 77237th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
失 shī HSK 4
to lose; to miss; to fail
笑 xiào HSK 2
smile; laugh; old variant of 笑xiào