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giggle

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xi1

Meaning


Primary

giggle

Alternatives

giggles, laugh, xi

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in [1] front of the [-_] house where she is banging the 口 mouth of the 壴 drum, making strange sounds. The 壴 drum is quite weird in that each time it is hit, it makes a 嘻 giggling sound. It sounds so silly that Xena naturally 嘻 giggles too. The entire neighborhood is filled with their 嘻 giggling.

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