笑
话

Joke in Chinese: 笑话 (xiào hua)

xiào hua

joke

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 笑話2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1joke; jest
  2. 2to laugh at; to mock

Stroke order

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笑
话

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄠˋ

xiào

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄏㄨㄚ

hua

˙/ neutral toneㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ a

Simplified & traditional

笑话

Simplified

笑話

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 你在笑话谁？

    nǐ zài xiào huà shuí？

    Who are you laughing at?

  • 我很喜欢笑话。

    wǒ hěn xǐ huan xiào huà。

    I love jokes.

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Related words

笑

xiào

to laugh

话

huà

dialect

说话

shuō huà

to speak

对话

duì huà

to talk (with sb)

废话

fèi huà

nonsense

话题

huà tí

subject (of a talk or conversation)

神话

shén huà

legend

实话

shí huà

truth

微笑

wēi xiào

smile

电话

diàn huà

telephone

的话

de huà

if (coming after a conditional clause)

讲话

jiǎng huà

a speech

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