笑话 xiàohua▶ lelucon

Stroke order

笑话 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 笑 — 10 strokes
• 话 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. joke; jest
2. to laugh at; to mock
3. ridiculous; absurd

Related words

• 对话dialog
• 开玩笑Mengolok-olok
• 普通话Mandarin
• 实话Kebenaran
• 废话Omong kosong
• 微笑Senyum

笑话 is pronounced xiàohua and means “lelucon”. HSK 4 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 笑话 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.