笑靨

Chinese

		laugh; smile	dimple
trad. (笑靨)		笑	靨
simp. (笑靥)		笑	靥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàoyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ jip³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shiau-iq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàoyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàoyè
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-yeh⁴
    • Yale: syàu-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawyeh
    • Palladius: сяое (sjaoje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu³ jip³
    • Yale: siu yip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ jip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ yib³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ jiːp̚³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shiau-iq
    • MiniDict: shiau^去 ih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xiau-iq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ iɪʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

笑靨

1. dimple that appears when one smiles
2. (by extension) smiling face, especially of a female

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 酒窩 (“dimple”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		靨輔, 靨
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		酒窩, 笑窩, 酒靨, 笑靨
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	酒窩兒
	Taiwan	酒窩
	Chifeng	酒坑兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	酒窩兒
	Harbin	酒窩兒, 酒坑兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	酒窩
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	酒窩兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	酒窩兒, 酒坑兒
	Wanrong	笑靨窩兒
	Zhengzhou	酒窩兒
	Xi'an	酒窩兒
	Xining	酒窩兒
	Xuzhou	酒窩兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	酒窩
	Lanzhou	酒窩兒
	Ürümqi	酒窩兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	酒窩窩兒, 酒窩
	Wuhan	酒窩
	Guiyang	酒窩
	Kunming	酒窩
	Guilin	酒窩
	Liuzhou	酒杯窩, 酒窩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	酒窩
	Yangzhou	酒窩子, 酒塘
	Nantong	酒窩兒, 酒塘兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	酒凹
	Hong Kong	酒凹
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	酒凹
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	酒凹
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	酒凹
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	酒凹
	Macau	燒酒凹
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	酒凹
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	酒凹
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	酒凹
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	酒凹
	Foshan	酒凹
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	酒凹
	Foshan (Shunde)	酒凹
	Foshan (Sanshui)	酒凹
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	酒凹
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	燒酒凹
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	燒酒凹
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	酒凹
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	酒凹
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	酒凹
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	酒凹
	Taishan	酒凹
	Kaiping (Chikan)	酒凹
	Enping (Niujiang)	酒凹
	Heshan (Yayao)	酒凹
	Dongguan	燒酒凹
	Qingyuan	酒凹
	Fogang	酒凹
	Yingde (Hanguang)	酒窟
	Yangshan	酒抹
	Lianshan (Butian)	酒杯窩
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	酒窩
	Shaoguan	酒凹, 酒窩
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	酒凹
	Renhua	酒窩, 酒印
	Lechang	酒窟
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	酒凹
	Huaiji	酒杯凹
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	頭窩
	Xinxing	燒酒凹
	Luoding	酒杯䐁
	Yunan (Pingtai)	旋
	Xinyi	燒酒窩
	Lianjiang	酒杯凹
	Nanning	酒窩
	Wuzhou	酒窩
	Yulin	酒窩
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	酒窩
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	酒凹
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	酒凹
Gan	Nanchang	酒窩
	Lichuan	酒窩
	Pingxiang	酒靨氹, 酒窩氹
Hakka	Meixian	酒凹, 酒凹仔
	Xingning	酒壺哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	酒凹
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	酒凹
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	酒凹
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	酒凹
	Huidong (Daling)	酒凹
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	酒凹
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	酒凹
	Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	酒凹
	Boluo (Bendihua)	酒疊哎
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	酒凹
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	酒凹
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	酒凹
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	酒凹
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	酒凹
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	酒凹, 凹窩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	酒凹
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	酒凹
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	酒凹
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	酒凹, 酒窟
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	酒凹
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	酒窩
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	酒凹
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	酒杯印
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	酒凹
	Changting	酒靨, 酒靨子
	Wuping	酒靨子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	酒靨
	Ninghua	酒靨
	Yudu	酒窩子
	Ruijin	酒靨子, 酒窩子
	Shicheng	酒靨
	Shangyou (Shexi)	酒窩子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	酒窟仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	酒窟仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	酒窟
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	扭酒窟, 酒窟
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	酒窟仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	酒窟
	Hong Kong	酒凹
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	酒窩
	Sabah (Longchuan)	酒凹
	Senai (Huiyang)	酒凹
	Singkawang	酒凹
Huizhou	Jixi	酒靨
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	酒靨
Jin	Taiyuan	笑窩窩
	Pingyao	笑窩窩, 笑印印
	Xinzhou	笑顏泊兒
	Hohhot	酒窩
Northern Min	Jian'ou	酒窟仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	酒窟, 酒窩
	Fuqing	酒窟
	Matsu	酒窟
Southern Min	Xiamen	酒窟
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	酒窟
	Quanzhou	酒窟仔, 酒窟
	Jinjiang	酒窟
	Yongchun	酒窟
	Zhangzhou	酒窟仔, 酒窟, 酒塌仔
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	酒窟仔
	Dongshan	酒頭仔
	Taipei	蛀窟仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	酒窟仔
	Kaohsiung	酒窟仔
	Yilan	酒窟仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	酒窟仔
	Taichung	酒窟仔, 酒凹
	Taichung (Wuqi)	酒窟仔
	Tainan	酒窟仔
	Taitung	酒窟仔
	Hsinchu	酒窟仔
	Kinmen	酒窟仔
	Penghu (Magong)	酒窟仔, 酒窟
	Penang (Hokkien)	喙窟
	Singapore (Hokkien)	酒窟
	Manila (Hokkien)	酒窟仔, 酒窟
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	酒窟仔
	Datian	酒窟
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	酒窩
	Chaozhou	酒盅窟
	Shantou	酒盅窟
	Haifeng	酒窟仔
	Bangkok (Teochew)	酒窟
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	酒盅窟
	Leizhou	酒盅
	Wenchang	酒盅
	Haikou	酒盅
Puxian Min	Putian	喙窠, 酒凹
	Xianyou	喙窠
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	酒盞
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	酒凹
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	酒窩
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	酒窩
Wu	Shanghai	酒靨, 笑靨, 酒窩
	Shanghai (Chongming)	酒田
	Suzhou	酒靨, 癟嘴團
	Wuxi	酒癟塘
	Danyang	酒吸塘塘, 酒塘塘, 酒厄
	Hangzhou	酒靨兒, 酒窩兒
	Ningbo	老酒潭潭, 酒潭, 酒窠
	Wenzhou	酒丼, 笑靨兒
	Jinhua	酒靨兒, 酒靨, 酒窩
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	酒靨
Xiang	Changsha	酒窩子
	Loudi	酒氹
	Hengyang	酒罈子
	Quanzhou	酒窩, 酒蛋蛋

Derived terms

• 笑靨如花／笑靥如花