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开玩笑 (kāi wán xiào): Joke (verb/phrase) — Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 2.0Level 4
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Character Breakdown

开 • kāi • to switch on; open • HSK 2.0 L1
HSK 1
kāi开

to switch on; open

玩 • wán • to play • HSK 2.0 L2
HSK 2
wán玩

to play

笑 • xiào • to laugh; smile • HSK 2.0 L2
HSK 2
xiào笑

to laugh; smile

Word Info

Pinyinkāi wán xiào
Meaningjoke
Characters3
Syntaxverb/phrase

HSK 4 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 开玩笑.

  • 获得huò déobtain; win
  • 地球dì qiúearth
  • 保证bǎo zhèngguarantee
  • 部分bù fenpart; section; portion
  • 重新chóng xīnagain
  • 方法fāng fǎmethod
  • 饼干bǐng gāncookie; biscuit
  • 对话duì huàdialogue
  • 奖金jiǎng jīnpremium
  • 精彩jīng cǎibrilliant
  • 公里gōng lǐkilometre
  • 安全ān quánsafe; security
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 开玩笑.

Words with 开
  • 开车kāi chēto drive a car
  • 开始kāi shǐto begin
  • 开学kāi xuéfoundation of a University or College
  • 打开
dǎ kāi
to open
  • 分开fēn kāito separate
  • 开会kāi huìto hold a meeting
  • 开机kāi jīto start an engine
  • 开花kāi huāto bloom; to blossom; to flower
    • Words with 玩
    • 好玩儿hǎo wán rfun; interesting; amusing
    • 游玩yóu wánto amuse oneself
    • 玩具wán jùtoy
    • 玩弄wán nòngplay
    • 玩意儿wán yì erplaything; toy
    • 玩耍wán shuǎplay / frolic
    • 吃喝玩乐chī hē wán lèeating / drinking / and having fun / enjoying life
    • 好玩hǎo wánfun; amusing
    Words with 笑
    • 好笑hǎo xiàolaughable; funny; ridiculous
    • 笑话xiào huàjoke
    • 微笑wēi xiàosmile
    • 嘲笑cháo xiàoridicule; deride; make fun of
    • 笑容xiào róngsmile
    • 讥笑jī xiàoridicule; sneer at; deride
    • 取笑qǔ xiàoTease / make fun of
    • 可笑kě xiàoRidiculous / laughable
    4.

    How to Use 开玩笑 in Sentences

    Verb + Objectwith喜欢
    xǐ喜
    huan欢
    kāi开
    wán玩
    xiào笑
    neutral
    like to joke
    Verb + Complementwith说
    kāi开
    wán玩
    xiào笑
    de地
    shuō说
    Verb + Measure Word + Objectwith个
    kāi开
    ge个
    wán玩
    xiào笑
    Adverb + Verbwith别
    bié别
    kāi开
    wán玩
    xiào笑
    5.

    Example Sentences with 开玩笑

    tā他
    xǐ喜
    huan欢
    kāi开
    wán玩
    xiào笑
    neutral
    say jokingly
    neutral
    make a joke
    informal
    Spoken
    don't joke
    。
    He likes to joke.
    wǒ我
    zhǐ只
    shì是
    zài在
    kāi开
    wán玩
    xiào笑
    ，
    nǐ你
    bié别
    dàng当
    zhēn真
    。
    I was just joking, don't take it seriously.
    zài在
    zhèng正
    shì式
    huì会
    yì议
    shàng上
    kāi开
    wán玩
    xiào笑
    ，
    kě可
    néng能
    huì会
    xiǎn显
    de得
    bú不
    gòu够
    zhuān专
    yè业
    。
    Making jokes at a formal meeting might appear unprofessional.
    tā他
    kāi开
    wán玩
    xiào笑
    shuō说
    ，
    rú如
    guǒ果
    míng明
    tiān天
    bù不
    xià下
    yǔ雨
    ，
    wǒ我
    men们
    jiù就
    qù去
    gōng公
    yuán园
    yě野
    cān餐
    。
    He joked that if it doesn't rain tomorrow, we'll go for a picnic in the park.
    tā他
    zǒng总
    ài爱
    kāi开
    wán玩
    xiào笑
    ，
    ràng让
    bàn办
    gōng公
    shì室
    de的
    qì气
    fēn氛
    qīng轻
    sōng松
    le了
    bù不
    shǎo少
    。
    He always likes to joke around, which has lightened the atmosphere in the office considerably.