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啼笑皆非 (tí xiào jiē fēi): Not knowing whether to laugh or cry — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

啼笑皆非 consists of 4 characters.
tí
啼
weep, whimper; howl, twitter
xiào
笑
to laugh; smile
jiē
皆
all; each and every
fēi
非
un-; non-; short for Africa

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 啼笑皆非.

Words with 啼
  • 啼叫tí jiào
  • 啼哭tí kū
  • 啼鹃tí juān
  • 月落乌啼yuè luò wū tí
Words with 笑
  • 笑话xiào huàHSK 4
  • 开玩笑kāi wán xiàoHSK 4
  • 冷笑lěng xiào
  • 取笑qǔ xiào
  • 可笑kě xiào
  • 嘲笑cháo xiào
  • 嘻笑xī xiào
  • 好笑hǎo xiào
Words with 皆
  • 比比皆是bǐ bǐ jiē shì
  • 皆大欢喜jiē dà huān xǐ
Words with 非
  • 非常fēi chángHSK 2
  • 除非chú fēiHSK 5
  • 并非bìng fēi
  • 无非wú fēi
  • 是非shì fēi
  • 莫非mò fēi
  • 非但fēi dàn
  • 非凡fēi fán