微笑

Chinese

		tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	laugh; smile
trad. (微笑)		微	笑
simp. #(微笑)		微	笑
alternative forms		圍笑／围笑 mainland slang

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēixiào, wéixiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠˋ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ siu³

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): mi² xiau⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bî-chhiò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mui⁵ cio³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēixiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weisiào
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: wēi-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueishiaw
    • Palladius: вэйсяо (vɛjsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéixiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéisiào
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: wéi-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weishiaw
    • Palladius: вэйсяо (vɛjsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ siu³
    • Yale: mèih siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ xiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ siːu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mi² xiau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹ siau⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-chhiò
    • Tâi-lô: bî-tshiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bichioix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰio²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² t͡sʰio²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰio⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mui⁵ cio³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mûi tshiò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰio²¹³/

Verb

微笑

1. to smile

   保持微笑  ―  bǎochí wēixiào  ―  to keep smiling

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 瞇瞇笑／眯眯笑, 麻文笑, 麻微笑, 文文仔笑 (bûn-bûn-á-chhiò), 麻微仔笑, 麻微

Noun

微笑

1. smile

Derived terms

• 微笑服務／微笑服务 (wēixiào fúwù)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
微	笑
び Grade: S	しょう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) びしょー [bìshóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [bʲiɕo̞ː]

Noun

微(び)笑(しょう) • (bishō) ^{←びせう (biseu)?}

1. smile

Synonyms

• 微笑(ほほえ)み (hohoemi)
• 笑(え)み (emi)
• 笑(え)顔(がお) (egao)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
微	笑
ほほ Grade: S	え Grade: 4
irregular	kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 微笑 – see the following entry.

【微笑ほほえみ】 [noun] smile Alternative spelling ほほ笑み

(This term, 微笑, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
微	笑

Noun

微笑 • (miso) (hangeul 미소)

1. hanja form^? of 미소 (“smile”)