可
笑

Funny in Chinese: 可笑 (kě xiào)

kě xiào

funny

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1funny
  2. 2ridiculous

Stroke order

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可
笑

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄜˇ

kě

ㄎ/ kㄜ/ eˇ/ third tone

ㄒㄧㄠˋ

xiào

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

See 可笑 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他的想法很可笑。

    tā de xiǎng fǎ hěn kě xiào。

    His idea is quite ridiculous.

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Related words

笑

xiào

to laugh

可

kě

(prefix) can

可能

kě néng

might (happen)

可以

kě yǐ

can

可爱

kě ài

adorable

可怜

kě lián

pitiful

可是

kě shì

but

可惜

kě xī

it is a pity

笑话

xiào hua

joke

可见

kě jiàn

it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)

可靠

kě kào

reliable

可怕

kě pà

awful

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