暗笑 (Chinese PinYin: [àn xiào]; traditional Chinese: 暗笑) may mean: (1) verb. To laugh up one’s sleeve; (2) verb. Snigger; (3) verb. sneer secretly at; (4) verb. laugh to oneself. It is an everyday vocabulary and can be used in formal and informal Mandarin Chinese. Some common phrases and expressions are: 独自暗笑 (to laugh up one’s sleeve), 掩口暗笑 (snicker), 不禁暗笑 (can’t help sniggering).
Literally: 暗 (secretly) + 笑 (laugh)
1. How to pronounce 暗笑?
Chinese Pinyin: [àn xiào]
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2. Synonyms And Antonyms of 暗笑
Synonyms: 窃笑, 偷笑
Antonyms: 痛苦, 痛哭, 恸哭, 难过, 痛楚, 悲伤, 伤心, 悲哀, 哀伤, 悲恸, 悲痛, 悲凉, 哭泣, 抽泣, 啜泣
3. What are the fixed expression, collocation and idioms that contains 暗笑
Fixed expression: 独自暗笑 (to laugh up one’s sleeve), 掩口暗笑 (snicker),
Collocation: 不禁暗笑 (can’t help sniggering),
Idioms: N/A
Terminologies: N/A
4. How to use 暗笑 in a sentence?
Below are some example sentences and quotes containing 暗笑.
4.1 他暗笑自己傻气。
Translation: He laughed a little to himself at his own foolishness.
4.2 总是有一大批的人在我们迈出摇晃的脚步时就已经准备好了暗笑。
Translation: There are always plenty of people ready to snigger when we take the first wobbly steps.
4.3 “她早就想参观一下法国的魔法部。” 他接着说道，暗笑了一下。
Translation: “She has always wanted to visit the French Ministry, ” he added with a snigger.
4.4 戏剧电影制作人都认为他不适合拍这类电影，因为他一出现，观众不禁暗笑。
Translation: He was shunned by producers of dramatic films because whenever he appeared, audiences would snigger.
4.5 我伸出手来，籐条两次狠狠地打在我手指上，这次没有人暗笑，而且真是很痛！
Translation: The cane came down heavily twice on my fingers. This time there was no snigger from the class. It hurt!
4.6 当他阅读那篇有趣的文章时我能听到他在轻轻地暗笑。
Translation: I could hear him chuckling to himself as he read that funny article.
4.7 虽然他假装同情， 但他却在暗笑。
Translation: Although he pretended to sympathize, he was laughing in his sleeve.
4.8 她暗笑他的不懂事。
Translation: She sniggers at his childishness.
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