The Chinese word 欢笑 (huānxiào) is a compound word formed by combining two independent, semantically related characters: 欢 (huān), meaning "joyful" or "happy", and 笑 (xiào), meaning "to laugh" or "laughter". This structure follows a common pattern in Mandarin known as a coordinative compound, where both elements contribute equally to the overall meaning. The combination does not create a new metaphorical meaning but instead merges and reinforces the related concepts, resulting in the compound's meaning of "happy laughter" or "to laugh joyfully", effectively capturing the action and its cheerful emotional quality in a single term.