开
玩
笑

To play a joke in Chinese: 开玩笑 (kāi wán xiào)

kāi wán xiào

to play a joke

HSK 3.0 Level 1Traditional: 開玩笑2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to play a joke
  2. 2to make fun of
  3. 3to joke

Stroke order

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开
玩
笑

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ㄎㄞ

kāi

ㄎ/ kㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

ㄨㄢˊ

wán

ㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄒㄧㄠˋ

xiào

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

开玩笑

Simplified

開玩笑

Traditional

Example sentences

See 开玩笑 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我开玩笑。

    wǒ kāi wán xiào。

    I'm just kidding.

  • 我不开玩笑。

    wǒ bù kāi wán xiào。

    I'm not kidding.

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Related words

开

kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive)

玩

wán

to play

笑

xiào

to laugh

开始

kāi shǐ

to begin

离开

lí kāi

to depart

笑话

xiào hua

joke

公开

gōng kāi

open

开发

kāi fā

to exploit (a resource)

开放

kāi fàng

to bloom

开心

kāi xīn

to feel happy

玩具

wán jù

plaything

微笑

wēi xiào

smile

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