开玩笑 kāiwánxiào Make fun of

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Traditional: 開玩笑

Stroke order

开玩笑 is written in 22 strokes across 3 characters.

开玩笑 — the Chinese character for Make fun of (kāiwánxiào), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 开玩笑 — Make fun of

开 — 4 strokes
玩 — 8 strokes
笑 — 10 strokes

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
玩 wán — to play; to have fun; to trifle with
笑 xiào — to laugh; to smile; to laugh at

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

他喜欢跟朋友开玩笑。Tā xǐhuan gēn péngyou kāi wánxiào.He likes to make fun with his friends.
别开玩笑了，这是真的。Bié kāi wánxiào le, zhè shì zhēn de.Stop joking, this is real.

Related words

开玩笑 is pronounced kāiwánxiào and means “Make fun of”.

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