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开玩笑

kāi

Traditional: 開玩笑

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

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Meaning of 开玩笑 in English

kāiHSK 4wánxiàoSyllabus #1419
  1. to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke

Example sentences

  1. 他这么说就是为了开玩笑。
    tā zhè me shuō jiù shì wèi le kāi wán xiào。
    He said it merely as a joke.
    Tatoeba #829322 by fucongcong · #301417 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 你一定是开玩笑！
    nǐ yí dìng shì kāi wán xiào！
    You must be joking!
    Tatoeba #1878342 by sadhen · #268461 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 你一定是开玩笑！
    nǐ yí dìng shì kāi wán xiào！
    You must be joking.
    Tatoeba #1878342 by sadhen · #2954592 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

开 on its own →
kāi · to open (transitive or intransitive)

HSK words with 开

开HSK 1开车HSK 1打开HSK 2开始HSK 2开学HSK 2分开HSK 3开花HSK 3开会HSK 3开机HSK 3开心HSK 3
玩 on its own →
wán · to play

HSK words with 玩

玩HSK 1好玩儿HSK 1游玩HSK 4玩具HSK 5玩弄HSK 7–9玩耍HSK 7–9玩意儿HSK 7–9吃喝玩乐HSK 7–9
笑 on its own →
xiào · to laugh; to smile

HSK words with 笑

笑HSK 2好笑HSK 4笑话HSK 4微笑HSK 5嘲笑HSK 6笑容HSK 6耻笑HSK 7–9搞笑HSK 7–9讥笑HSK 7–9可笑HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences