見笑

Chinese

		to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	laugh; smile
trad. (見笑)		見	笑
simp. (见笑)		见	笑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiànxiào

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ siu³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kien-seu / kian-seu
Min Nan (POJ): kiàn-siàu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiànxiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiànsiào
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴-hsiao⁴
  - Yale: jyàn-syàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannshiaw
  - Palladius: цзяньсяо (czjanʹsjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    見效／见效
    見笑／见笑
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gin³ siu³
  - Yale: gin siu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ siu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gin³ xiu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ siːu̯³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kien-seu
  - Hakka Romanization System: gien seu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian⁴ seu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯en⁵⁵ seu̯⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kian-seu
  - Hakka Romanization System: gian seu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian⁴ seu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯an⁵⁵ seu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-siàu
  - Tâi-lô: kiàn-siàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiernsiaux
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕiau²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiau²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕiau¹¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴² ɕiau²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕiau⁴¹/

Verb

見笑

(humble) to incur ridicule through one's poor performance
我鋼琴彈得不好，見笑了。 [MSC, trad.]
我钢琴弹得不好，见笑了。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ gāngqín tán de bù hǎo, jiànxiào le. [Pinyin]
Please excuse my poor piano performance. [humble]
to mock; to ridicule; to laugh at
(Min Nan) to be ashamed
(Min Nan) to be shy

Synonyms

(to mock):

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Synonyms of 見笑

作弄 (zuònòng)
僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
刺 (cì) (literary, or in compounds)
刺溪 (Min Dong)
取笑 (qǔxiào)
呾耍笑 (Teochew)
嗤笑 (chīxiào)
嘲弄 (cháonòng)
嘲笑 (cháoxiào)
奚落 (xīluò)
挖苦 (wākǔ)
捉弄 (zhuōnòng)
撚化 (Cantonese)
撩 (liáo) (Hakka)
撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
消遣 (xiāoqiǎn)
玩 (wán) (colloquial)
玩弄 (wánnòng)
笑 (xiào)
耍 (shuǎ)
耍忽 (Jin)
落八 (Xiamen Hokkien)
說風涼話 (shuō fēngliánghuà)
逗 (dòu)
逗弄 (dòunong)
鄙笑 (Min Nan)
酸笑 (Min Nan)
𤊶人 (Hakka)
創弄／创弄 (Min Nan)
創景／创景 (Min Nan)
創治／创治 (chhòng-tī) (Min Nan)
剾損／𠛅损 (Min Nan)
剾洗／𠛅洗 (Min Nan)

剾洗／𠛅洗 (khau-sé) (Min Nan)
剾褻／𠛅亵 (Min Nan)
取樂／取乐 (qǔlè)
呾笑話／呾笑话 (Teochew)
嘲諷／嘲讽 (cháofěng)
嘲謔／嘲谑 (cháoxuè)
巴銳／巴锐 (Min Nan)
恥笑／耻笑 (chǐxiào)
戲弄／戏弄 (xìnòng)
戲謔／戏谑 (xìxuè)
損／损 (sǔn) (colloquial)
擺弄／摆弄 (bǎinòng)
湊趣／凑趣 (còuqù)
笑話／笑话 (xiàohuà)
調笑／调笑 (tiáoxiào)
諷刺／讽刺 (fěngcì)
謔潲／谑潲 (Min Nan)
謔燒／谑烧 (Min Nan)
講笑／讲笑 (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
講耍笑／讲耍笑 (Min Nan)
譏刺／讥刺 (jīcì)
譏嘲／讥嘲 (jīcháo)
譏笑／讥笑 (jīxiào)
譏誚／讥诮 (jīqiào) (literary)
譏諷／讥讽 (jīfěng)
起鬨／起哄 (qǐhòng)
輕體／轻体 (Min Nan)
開心／开心 (kāixīn)
開涮／开涮 (kāishuàn) (colloquial)
開玩笑／开玩笑 (kāi wánxiào)
鬧玩笑／闹玩笑 (nào wánxiào)
𠢕滾／𠢕滚 (Min Nan)

(to be ashamed): 羞慚／羞惭 (xiūcán), 慚愧／惭愧 (cánkuì), 羞愧 (xiūkuì)
(to be shy):

Dialectal synonyms of 害羞 (“to be shy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		害羞
Mandarin	Beijing	害臊, 靦腆
	Taiwan	害羞, 靦腆
	Jinan	害臊, 靦腆
	Xi'an	害羞
	Wuhan	怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情
	Chengdu	怕羞, 怕醜
	Yangzhou	怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情
	Hefei	怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情
	Malaysia	害羞
	Singapore	害羞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	怕醜
	Hong Kong	怕醜
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	怕醜
	Macau	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	怕醜
	Foshan	怕醜
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	怕醜
	Foshan (Shunde)	怕醜
	Foshan (Sanshui)	怕醜
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	怕醜
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	怕醜
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	怕醜
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	怕醜
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	怕醜
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	怕醜
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	怕醜
	Taishan	怕醜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	怕醜
	Enping (Niujiang)	怕醜
	Heshan (Yayao)	怕醜
	Dongguan	怕醜
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	怕醜
	Yangjiang	怕醜
Gan	Nanchang	著羞
Hakka	Meixian	怕羞, 畏羞
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	怕醜
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	畏羞
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	畏羞
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	怕醜
	Conghua (Lütian)	怕醜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	驚見笑
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	驚見笑
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	驚見笑
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	驚見笑
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	驚見笑
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	驚見笑
Jin	Taiyuan	害羞
Min Bei	Jian'ou	伓好意思
Min Dong	Fuzhou	小禮
Min Nan	Xiamen	見笑, 驚見笑, 歹勢, 驚歹勢, 畏小禮, 畏小人, 閉思, 覕䟙
	Quanzhou	見笑, 驚見笑, 歹勢, 驚歹勢, 閉思
	Zhangzhou	見笑, 驚見笑, 䆀勢, 驚䆀勢, 無藝, 驚無藝, 畏小禮, 閉思
	Penang (Hokkien)	歹勢
	Singapore (Hokkien)	歹勢
	Manila (Hokkien)	歹勢
	Chaozhou	小禮
	Shantou	小禮
	Jieyang	小禮, 畏小禮
	Pontianak (Teochew)	小禮
	Leizhou	細禮
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	驚畏醜
Wu	Suzhou	難為情, 怕難為情
Wu	Wenzhou	得人憎
Xiang	Changsha	怕醜
Xiang	Shuangfeng	怕醜

Derived terms

見笑大方／见笑大方
見笑於人／见笑于人

驚見笑／惊见笑

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