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開玩笑

joke

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

kai1wan2xiao4 • kāiwánxiào

Meaning

Primary

joke

Alternatives

to joke

Mnemonic

One way to 玩 play is to 開 open our mouth and tell a 開玩笑 joke, which will make everyone 笑 laugh!

Usage

別 開玩笑 了！

Stop joking!

我 是 開玩笑。

I'm joking.