HSK 4 vocabulary › 开玩笑
开玩笑
开玩笑 in English: to play a joke; to make fun of
kāi wán xiào
to play a joke; to make fun of
How to pronounce 开玩笑
kāi wán xiào (without tone marks: kai wan xiao). kāi is a first (high, level) tone; wán is a second (rising) tone; xiào is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.
Characters in 开玩笑
开 kāi
to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
玩 wán
to play; to have fun; to trifle with
to play; to have fun; to trifle with
笑 xiào
to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
Related words
| 开 | kāi | to open (transitive or intransitive); to start | HSK 1 |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin; beginning | HSK 2 |
| 玩 | wán | to play; to have fun | HSK 2 |
| 笑 | xiào | to laugh; to smile | HSK 2 |
| 离开 | lí kāi | to depart; to leave | HSK 3 |
| 开心 | kāi xīn | to feel happy; to rejoice | HSK 4 |
| 笑话 | xiào hua | joke; jest | HSK 4 |
| 公开 | gōng kāi | open; overt | HSK 5 |
| 开发 | kāi fā | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development) | HSK 5 |
| 开放 | kāi fàng | to bloom; to open | HSK 5 |