含笑

Chinese

		to keep; to contain	laugh; smile
trad. (含笑)		含	笑
simp. #(含笑)		含	笑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hánxiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁴ siu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hâm-siàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hánxiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hánsiào
    • Wade–Giles: han²-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: hán-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnshiaw
    • Palladius: ханьсяо (xanʹsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham⁴ siu³
    • Yale: hàhm siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁴ siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem⁴ xiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm²¹ siːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâm-siàu
    • Tâi-lô: hâm-siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hamsiaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ham²⁴⁻²² siau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ham²⁴⁻²² siau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ham¹³⁻²² siau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ham²⁴⁻¹¹ siau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ham²³⁻³³ siau²¹/

Verb

含笑

1. to wear a smile

Derived terms

• 含笑九原
• 含笑九幽
• 含笑九泉 (hánxiàojiǔquán)
• 含笑入地
• 含笑花
• 嫣然含笑

Noun

含笑

1. (～花) banana shrub; port wine magnolia (Magnolia figo)