# 冷笑 (lěngxiào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 冷笑 (lěngxiào) means “to sneer; grim laugh”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to sneer; grim laugh
- Pinyin: lěngxiào (leng3 xiao4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 听了这些话，他冷笑了一声。
  Tīngle zhèxiē huà, tā lěngxiàole yī shēng.
  After hearing those words, he gave a sneer.

## Characters

- [冷](https://hanziro.com/word/leng-cold/) (lěng): cold
- [笑](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-laugh/) (xiào): to laugh; to smile

https://hanziro.com/word/leng-xiao-sneer/

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