大笑

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Chinese

 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
laugh; smile
trad. (大笑)
simp. #(大笑)

Pronunciation


Verb

大笑

  1. to laugh uproariously; to burst out laughing
    他們不只談話喊叫大笑 [MSC, trad.]
    他们不只谈话喊叫大笑 [MSC, simp.]
    Tāmen bùzhǐ tánhuà, hái hǎnjiào dàxiào.
    They not only talked but also shouted and laughed.

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Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 1
しょう
Grade: 4
kan’on on’yomi

Etymology 1

May be an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 大笑 (dàxiào). Alternatively, derived by applying the expected on'yomi to the characters used to spell native Japanese-derived term ōwarai. First cited in Japanese with this reading in 1584.

Pronunciation

Usage notes

This word is more commonly read using the kun'yomi ōwarai.

Noun

(たい)(しょう) (taishōたいせう (taiseu)?

  1. uproarious laughter
Synonyms

Verb

(たい)(しょう)する (taishō surusuru (stem (たい)(しょう) (taishō shi), past (たい)(しょう)した (taishō shita))

  1. to guffaw, to laugh uproariously, to roar with laughter
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1
わら(い)
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
大笑い

Compound of (ō-, big) +‎ (warai, laughing, laughter, the (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb (わら) (warau, to laugh).).

First cited in 1563.

Pronunciation

Adjective

(おお)(わらい) (ōwaraiおほわらひ (ofowarafi)?-na (adnominal (おお)(わらい) (ōwarai na), adverbial (おお)(わらい) (ōwarai ni))

  1. uproariously funny
Inflection

Noun

(おお)(わらい) (ōwaraiおほわらひ (ofowarafi)?

  1. uproarious laughter
  2. a ribald, obscene, or off-color story
    Synonym: 猥談 (waidan)
Synonyms

Verb

(おお)(わらい)する (ōwarai suruおほわらひ (ofowarafi)?suru (stem (おお)(わらい) (ōwarai shi), past (おお)(わらい)した (ōwarai shita))

  1. to guffaw, to laugh uproariously, to roar with laughter
  2. to tell a ribald, obscene, or off-color story
    Synonym: 猥談する (waidan o suru)
Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 大笑”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  5. ^ 大笑い”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months