笑吟吟

xiàoyínyín

adjective #83,786

Meanings

1 smiling
2 with a smile
3 beaming

Characters

chant; murmur (here as descriptive suffix)

chant; murmur (here as descriptive suffix)

Examples

奶奶笑吟吟地看着孙子。

Nǎinai xiàoyínyín de kànzhe sūnzi.

Grandma watched her grandson with a beaming smile.

他笑吟吟地走进办公室。

Tā xiàoyínyín de zǒu jìn bàngōngshì.

He walked into the office smiling.

Tips

grammar

ABB-pattern adjective (笑 + 吟吟). These reduplicated descriptives are usually used adverbially with 地, e.g. 笑吟吟地说 (said with a smile). Compare 笑嘻嘻 (xiàoxīxī, grinning), 笑哈哈 (xiàohāhā, laughing heartily) — same pattern, different shade of smile.

Stroke Order

笑 xiào

吟 yín