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开玩笑

to joke

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

kai1wan2xiao4 • kāiwánxiào

Meaning

Primary

to joke

Alternatives

joke, joking, jokes, joked

Mnemonic

开玩笑 To joke is 玩 to play with someone by 开 opening our mouth to say something funny and make everyone 笑 laugh!

Usage

别 开玩笑 了！

Stop joking!

我 是 开玩笑。

I'm joking.

他 喜欢 开玩笑。

He loves to joke (around).