Updated July 2026
What does xswl mean?
xswl (笑死我了, xiào sǐ wǒ le) means LMAO / I'm dying in internet Chinese slang. "LMAO" / "dying laughing". Typed as the acronym xswl. Increasingly replaced by 笑死 or 草. Literally, it means "laughing to death".
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When something's hilarious, Chinese netizens type xswl — the initials of 笑死我了, xiào sǐ wǒ le, laughing myself to death. 他发的表情包 xswl. These days the cooler kids just type 草 or 笑死, but xswl still gets the job done.
Example
他发的表情包 xswl。
Tā fā de biǎoqíngbāo xswl.
The memes he posted are killing me, lmao.
Where xswl comes from
An acronym of 笑死我了, big in the late 2010s comment sections. Still understood, but the shorter 笑死 and 草 have taken over.
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