kāi​wán​xiào HSK1

to joke

  • created sense approved 开玩笑/開玩笑 · kāi​wán​xiào · to joke — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    开玩笑 / 開玩笑

    kāi​wán​xiào

    to joke

    to play a joke; to make fun of; to tease or play a prank on someone

    开, 玩笑

    开 (literal) → 开/開 · kāi · to start 玩笑 (literal) → 玩笑 · wán​xiào · to joke

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 开玩笑/開玩笑 · kāi​wán​xiào · to act flippantly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    开玩笑 / 開玩笑

    kāi​wán​xiào

    to act flippantly

    to treat a serious matter as a joke; to act or speak lightheartedly about something important

    开, 玩笑

    开 (literal) → 开/開 · kāi · to start 玩笑 (literal) → 玩笑 · wán​xiào · to joke

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense