暗笑

Chinese

		dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	laugh; smile
trad. (暗笑)		暗	笑
simp. ^#(暗笑)		暗	笑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ànxiào

(Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): am³ siu³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): àm-chhiò

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ànxiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ànsiào
  - Wade–Giles: an⁴-hsiao⁴
  - Yale: àn-syàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annshiaw
  - Palladius: аньсяо (anʹsjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: am³ siu³
  - Yale: am siu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: am³ siu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: em³ xiu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ siːu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àm-chhiò
  - Tâi-lô: àm-tshiò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: armchioix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /am²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰio²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /am¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰio¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰio⁴¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /am²¹⁻⁴² t͡sʰio²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /am²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiɤ²¹/

Verb

暗笑

to laugh to oneself; to laugh behind another's back or up one's sleeve
to sneer secretly at