笑话(xiào hua)

HSK 22 charactersTrad. 笑話

joke

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Character breakdown

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Word information

Pinyin
xiào hua
Meaning
joke; jest
HSK level
HSK 2
Characters
2
Traditional
笑話

Appears in lessons

笑话 is taught in these textbook lessons.

Volume 3 ·谁来买单 · Who Will Pay the Bill?

Example sentences

How 笑话 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 我很喜欢笑话。

    wǒ hěn xǐ huan xiào huà

    I love jokes.

  • 他特别爱讲笑话。

    tā tè bié ài jiǎng xiào huà

    He especially loves to tell jokes.

Related words

Common words sharing a character with 笑话 — tap one to open its word page.

shuō说huà话
HSK 1

to speak

diàn电huà话
HSK 1

telephone

kāi开wán玩xiào笑
HSK 1

to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke

dǎ打diàn电huà话
HSK 1

to make a telephone call

duì对huà话
HSK 2

to talk (with sb)

de的huà话
HSK 2

if (coming after a conditional clause)

jiǎng讲huà话
HSK 2

a speech

pǔ普tōng通huà话
HSK 2

Putonghua; standard Mandarin

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