莞尔 (wǎn'ěr) · smiling faintly, with a faint smile

Meanings

HSK 6

她看完信，不禁莞尔一笑。

Tā kànwán xìn, bùjīn wǎn'ěr yí xiào.

When she finished the letter, she couldn't help giving a faint smile.

HSK 6

孩子天真的回答令人莞尔。

Háizi tiānzhēn de huídá lìng rén wǎn'ěr.

The child's innocent answer raised a smile.

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Literary. It turns up mostly in 莞尔一笑 'to give a faint smile' and in 令人莞尔 'to raise a smile', said of a joke, a witty line or a funny scene.

mistakes

莞 is read wǎn here. In the city name 东莞 the same character is read guǎn.

莞 wǎn

尔 ěr