笑靥

笑靨

xiàoyè

noun #45,310

Meanings

HSK 5

多年过去了，他仍记得她那浅浅的笑靥。

Duō nián guòqu le, tā réng jìde tā nà qiǎnqiǎn de xiàoyè.

Many years have passed, and he still remembers her faint, dimpled smile.

HSK 6

她的脸上露出了甜甜的笑靥。

Tā de liǎn shàng lùchū le tiántián de xiàoyè.

A sweet smile appeared on her face.

memory

靥 puts 面 'face' under 厌: the little hollow in the face. A 笑靥 is the dimple that shows when someone smiles, and by extension the smiling face itself.

Literary, common in descriptions of girls and in song lyrics; speech says 酒窝 for a dimple.

笑 xiào

靥 yè