粵

發faat3笑siu3

simp发笑
faat3 siu3fā xiào

English

  1. to burst out laughing
  2. to laugh
  3. to smile

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 開心噉笑

Examples

  • 玛丽暗自发笑。

    Mary chuckled to herself.

    Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY

  • 湯姆常給我發笑話。

    Tom often sends me jokes.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 我尽量不对我自己的笑话发笑,但是我们都知道我很搞笑。

    I try not to laugh at my own jokes, but we all know I'm hilarious.

    Tatoeba · cxpadonis CC BY

  • 每次我女朋友發嬲,我都會講笑話氹佢笑。

    每次女朋友火了,我都會説笑話逗她發笑。

    Every time my girlfriend is mad, I tell her jokes to make her smile again.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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