开玩笑 kāiwánxiào

HSK level

Traditional form

開玩笑

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

开 kāi

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of 開 kāi . Pictograph of two hands opening the bolt on a door. The traditional component 門 mén was removed for simplification.

Positional decomposition

⿱一廾

Number of Strokes

玩 wán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 𤣩 represents the meaning and 元 Yuán represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

元 Yuán

Semantic compound

王 Wáng

Positional decomposition

⿰王元

Number of Strokes

笑 xiào

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ zhú represents the meaning and 夭 yāo represents the sound. The connection between 竹 zhú (bamboo) and 笑 xiào (laugh) is unclear.

Positional decomposition

⿱⺮夭

Number of Strokes

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他 tā 们 men 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào , 把 bǎ 一 yī 桶 tǒng 水 Shuǐ 泼 pō 到 dào 他 tā 身上 shēn shang 了 le .

As a joke, they doused him with a bucket of water.

电话 diàn huà 所 suǒ 的 de 女 nǚ 电话员们 men 个个 gè gè 尖 jiān 嘴 zuǐ 嚼舌 jiáo shé ,老 lǎo 和 hé 他人 tā rén 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào .

Those girls at the telephone office have very sharp tongues and they like to make fun of others.

喂 wéi , 别 Bié 紧张 jǐnzhāng ! 这 zhè 只不过 zhǐ bu guò 是 shì 开 kāi 玩笑 wán xiào .

Come on, lighten up! It was only a joke.

我 wǒ 知道 zhīdào 你 nǐ 是 shì 醒 xǐng 着 zhāo 的 de , 你 nǐ 不过 bùguò 在 zài 跟 gēn 我 wǒ 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào 罢了 bà le .

I know you're really awake; you're just having a joke with me.

在 zài 加利福尼亚 Jiā lì fú ní yà ,已 yǐ 不时 bùshí 有人 yǒu rén 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào 地 de 提到 tí dào “ 只有 zhǐyǒu 两 liǎng 辆 liàng 汽车 qì chē 的 de 穷人 qióng rén 家 jiā 了 le . ”

Already in California joking references are sometimes made to the " under - privileged two - car family ".

See the 9 Chinese characters that make up 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào and their own compounds.

开 kāi

一 yī , 廾 gǒng

玩笑 wán xiào

元 Yuán

儿 ér , 二 èr

王 Wáng

笑 xiào

竹 zhú

亇 gè

亅 jué , 

夭 yāo

大 dà , 丿 piě

See all 68 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào in their composition.

开 kāi

并 bìng

屏 bīng

摒 bǐng , 幈 píng , 偋, 塀, 竮, 箳

洴 píng

蓱 píng

饼 bǐng , 瓶 píng , 拼 pīn , 迸 bèng , 姘 pīn , 胼 pián , 帡 píng , 栟 bīng , 絣 bǐng , 軿 píng , 鉼 bǐng , 骈 pián , 併 bìng , 剏, 剙, 垪, 庰, 恲, 皏, 硑 pēng , 缾, 聠, 艵, 荓, 蛢, 誁, 賆, 跰, 郱, 頩, 餅 bǐng , 駢 pián , 骿, 鮩, 鵧