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笑话 xiàohuà

笑话 xiàohuà Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 6 English Translations of the word 笑话 xiàohuà .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiàohuà | xiao4 hua4
English translation
joke
jest
CL:
>[gè]
to laugh at
to mock

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About 笑话 xiàohuà

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Traditional form

笑話

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 笑话 xiàohuà

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xiào

Type

ideographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

⺮夭

Number of Strokes

10
huà

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of huà . Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and shé represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

讠舌

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 笑话 xiàohuà

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zài 笑话 xiàohuà ,我可 yāo náo yǎng le .

I'll give you a tickle if you laugh at me.

dāng jiǎng xiào huà shí ,他们 tā men dōu xiào Zhí 身子 shēn zi lái .

They all doubled up when I told my joke.

jiǎng de lǎo 笑话 xiàohuà , yǐn Guò 五十 wǔ shí biàn le .

He told the same style old jokes I've heard fifty times before.

zài 晚会 wǎn huì shǎng , Lián 教授 jiàoshòu men 变得 biàn de 轻松 qīngsōng 随和 suí hé , jiǎng xiē 笑话 xiàohuà .

At the party even the professors unbent and told jokes.

jiǎng de 笑话 xiàohuà dòu 我们 wǒmen 大笑 dà xiào 不已 bù yǐ .

His joke made us laugh our heads off.

笑话 xiàohuà Decomposition

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笑话 xiàohuà Compounds

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