大笑

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Verb

大笑

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大 笑
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.[1]

Pronunciation

Usage notes

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

Noun

大(たい)笑(しょう) • (taishō) ←たいせう (taiseu)?

  1. [from 1584] uproarious laughter
Synonyms

Verb

大(たい)笑(しょう)する • (taishō suru) suru (stem 大(たい)笑(しょう)し (taishō shi), past 大(たい)笑(しょう)した (taishō shita))

  1. [from 1584] to guffaw, to laugh uproariously, to roar with laughter
Conjugation

Etymology 2

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

Compound of 大 (ō-, “big”) +‎ 笑 (warai, “laughing, laughter”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 笑(わら)う (warau, “to laugh”).).[1][5][2]

First cited in 1563.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

大(おお)笑(わらい) • (ōwarai) ←おほわらひ (ofowarafi)?-na (adnominal 大(おお)笑(わらい)な (ōwarai na), adverbial 大(おお)笑(わらい)に (ōwarai ni))

  1. [from 1782] uproariously funny
Inflection

Noun

大(おお)笑(わらい) • (ōwarai) ←おほわらひ (ofowarafi)?

  1. [from 1563] uproarious laughter
  2. [from 1689] a ribald, obscene, or off-color story
    Synonym: 猥談 (waidan)
Synonyms

Verb

大(おお)笑(わらい)する • (ōwarai suru) ←おほわらひ (ofowarafi)?suru (stem 大(おお)笑(わらい)し (ōwarai shi), past 大(おお)笑(わらい)した (ōwarai shita))

  1. [from 1563] to guffaw, to laugh uproariously, to roar with laughter
  2. [from 1689] to tell a ribald, obscene, or off-color story
    Synonym: 猥談をする (waidan o suru)
Conjugation

References

  1. “大笑”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 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. 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
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