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抿笑 (mǐn xiào): To smile with lips pressed together — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

抿笑 consists of 2 characters.

pucker up lips in smile; press

to laugh; smile

Word Info

Pinyinmǐn xiào

Meaningto smile with lips pressed together

Characters2

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Example Sentences with 抿笑

Tā她

tīng听

dào到

zhè这

ge个

hǎo好

xiāo消

xi息

，

zhǐ只

shì是

mǐn抿

xiào笑

le了

yī一

xià下

。

When she heard the good news, she just smiled with her lips pressed together.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 抿笑.

Words with 抿

抿嘴mǐn zuǐ
抿着mǐn zhe
抿一口mǐn yī kǒu

Words with 笑

好笑hǎo xiàoHSK 4
笑话xiào huàHSK 4
开玩笑kāi wán xiàoHSK 4
微笑wēi xiàoHSK 5
嘲笑cháo xiàoHSK 6
笑容xiào róngHSK 6
讥笑jī xiàoHSK 6
取笑qǔ xiàoHSK 7-9