嬉笑

• Pinyin: xī xiào
• Desglose de hanzi: 嬉 = 女 + 喜 (woman + happiness/joy — to play happily); 笑 = 竹 + 夭 (bamboo + bent/young — the bending motion of laughter)

Significado

reír y jugar; risas juguetonas

Typically describes children or young people in carefree, playful moments. More literary than 玩笑. Also appears in 嬉笑怒骂, a literary idiom meaning to express all manner of emotions through writing with wit and sharp criticism.

Ejemplos

1. 孩子们在院子里嬉笑奔跑，欢声笑语传遍了整个胡同。
2. 毕业典礼结束后，同学们在校园里嬉笑合影，留下了美好的青春记忆。
3. 她走进教室，看到学生们正在嬉笑打闹，便轻轻敲了敲讲台让大家安静下来。

Guía de uso

Contexto: literature, descriptive writing, childhood, joyful scenes

Tono: warm

Correcto

• 散文集写农村孩子穿着补丁衣，在泥泞田埂上嬉笑追逐，与今天的城市童年形成鲜明对照。(The essay collection describes rural children in patched clothes laughing and chasing one another along muddy field paths, in sharp contrast to today's urban childhoods.)
• 导演回忆拍摄留守儿童纪录片时说，最难忘的不是艰辛，而是孩子们在困境中仍能嬉笑。(When recalling the filming of a documentary about left-behind children, the director said the most memorable thing was not the hardship, but that the children could still laugh and play in difficult circumstances.)

Incorrecto

• 嬉笑 to describe adult laughter in everyday casual contexts — use 笑着 or 欢笑 for natural adult interactions; 嬉笑 has a slightly literary, childlike, or carefree connotation that can sound overly poetic or somewhat condescending when applied to adults in ordinary situations

Origen e historia

嬉 = 女 + 喜 (woman + joy — to play joyfully, to frolic); 笑 = 竹 + 夭 (bamboo + young/bending — originally depicted bent bamboo or a bent figure laughing; laughter)

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal