大笑

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. [Pinyin]
    They not only talked but also shouted and laughed.

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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 大笑(おおわら) (ōwarai). First cited in Japanese with this reading in 1584.[1]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    (たい)(しょう) • (taishōたいせう (taiseu)?

    1. [from 1584] 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. [from 1584] to guffaw, to laugh uproariously, to roar with laughter
    Conjugation
    Conjugation of "大笑する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
    Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
    Mizenkei ("imperfective") 大笑し たいしょうし taishō shi
    Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 大笑し たいしょうし taishō shi
    Shūshikei ("terminal") 大笑する たいしょうする taishō suru
    Rentaikei ("attributive") 大笑する たいしょうする taishō suru
    Kateikei ("hypothetical") 大笑すれ たいしょうすれ taishō sure
    Meireikei ("imperative") 大笑せよ¹
    大笑しろ²
    たいしょうせよ¹
    たいしょうしろ²
    taishō seyo¹
    taishō shiro²
    Key constructions
    Passive 大笑される たいしょうされる taishō sareru
    Causative 大笑させる
    大笑さす
    たいしょうさせる
    たいしょうさす
    taishō saseru
    taishō sasu
    Potential 大笑できる たいしょうできる taishō dekiru
    Volitional 大笑しよう たいしょうしよう taishō shiyō
    Negative 大笑しない たいしょうしない taishō shinai
    Negative continuative 大笑せず たいしょうせず taishō sezu
    Formal 大笑します たいしょうします taishō shimasu
    Perfective 大笑した たいしょうした taishō shita
    Conjunctive 大笑して たいしょうして taishō shite
    Hypothetical conditional 大笑すれば たいしょうすれば taishō sureba

    ¹ Written imperative
    ² Spoken imperative

    Usage notes

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

    Etymology 2

      Kanji in this term
      おお
      Grade: 1
      わら(い)
      Grade: 4
      kun'yomi
      For pronunciation and definitions of 大笑 – see the following entry.
      大笑おおわら
      [adjective] uproariously funny [from 1782]
      [noun] uproarious laughter [from 1563]
      [noun] a ribald, obscene, or off-color story [from 1689]
      [verb] to guffaw, to laugh uproariously, to roar with laughter [from 1563]
      [verb] to tell a ribald, obscene, or off-color story [from 1689]
      (This term, 大笑, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

      References

      1. ^ 大笑”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
      2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
      3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN