搞
笑

To get people to laugh in Chinese: 搞笑 (gǎo xiào)

gǎo xiào

to get people to laugh

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to get people to laugh
  2. 2funny
  3. 3hilarious

Stroke order

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搞
笑

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄠˇ

gǎo

ㄍ/ gㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄒㄧㄠˋ

xiào

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 这部电影特别搞笑，我们笑个不停。

    zhè bù diàn yǐng tè bié gǎo xiào， wǒ men xiào gè bù tíng。

    This movie is hilarious; we couldn't stop laughing.

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Related words

笑

xiào

to laugh

搞

gǎo

to do

笑话

xiào hua

joke

微笑

wēi xiào

smile

搞好

gǎo hǎo

to do well at

笑脸

xiào liǎn

smiling face

笑容

xiào róng

smile

笑声

xiào shēng

laughter

嘲笑

cháo xiào

to jeer at

耻笑

chǐ xiào

to sneer at sb

搞鬼

gǎo guǐ

to make mischief

好笑

hǎo xiào

laughable

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