péi
xiào

common
verb

Meaning of 赔笑

赔笑 means to smile apologetically; to force a smile to appease someone. Pronounced péi xiào.

  • to smile apologetically; to force a smile to appease someone

Definitions & Examples

zhī
dào
cuò
le
 
gǎn
jǐn
xiàng
jīng
péi
xiào
 

Knowing he was wrong, he quickly smiled apologetically at the manager.

hěn
shēng
 
yuán
zhǐ
néng
zài
páng
tíng
péi
xiào
liǎn
 

The customer was very angry, so the waiter could only stand by and force smiles continuously.

Wèi
le
qiān
xià
zhè
ge
tong
 
xiàng
duì
fāng
lǎo
bǎn
péi
xiào
shuō
hǎo
huà
 

To secure this contract, he had no choice but to smile apologetically and say nice things to the other party's boss.