歡笑

See also: 欢笑

Chinese

		joyous; happy; pleased	laugh; smile
trad. (歡笑)		歡	笑
simp. (欢笑)		欢	笑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huānxiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fun¹ siu³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fôn-seu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoan-siàu / hoan-chhiò / hoan-chhiàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huānxiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huansiào
    • Wade–Giles: huan¹-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: hwān-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huanshiaw
    • Palladius: хуаньсяо (xuanʹsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fun¹ siu³
    • Yale: fūn siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fun¹ siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fun¹ xiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːn⁵⁵ siːu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fôn-seu
    • Hakka Romanization System: fon´ seu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fon¹ seu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fon²⁴⁻¹¹ seu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-siàu
    • Tâi-lô: huan-siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoansiaux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³ siau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² siau²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-chhiò
    • Tâi-lô: huan-tshiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoanchioix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³ t͡sʰio⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰio²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-chhiàu
    • Tâi-lô: huan-tshiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoanchiaux
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiau¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xwan sjewH

Rime
Character	歡	笑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	呼官切	私妙切
Baxter	xwan	sjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huɑn/	/siᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑn/	/siɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑn/	/sjæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwan/	/siawH/
Li Rong	/xuɑn/	/siɛuH/
Wang Li	/xuɑn/	/sĭɛuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuɑn/	/si̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huān	xiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fun1	siu3

Verb

歡笑

1. to laugh heartily

Noun

歡笑

1. belly laugh; guffaw