笑话
xiào​hua HSK2

joke

笑话 (笑話) xiào​hua
joke noun
a joke or jest; something funny intended to cause laughter

他讲了一个很有趣的笑话。

tā jiǎng le yī gè hěn yǒu​qù de xiào​hua.

He told a very funny joke.

ridiculous noun
ridiculous or absurd; a situation or idea that is a mockery

这种想法简直是笑话。

zhè zhǒng xiǎng​fǎ jiǎn​zhí shì xiào​hua.

This idea is simply a joke.

mock verb
to laugh at or make fun of someone or something

不要笑话别人的错误。

bù yào xiào​hua bié​ren de cuò​wù.

Don't laugh at other people's mistakes.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
41.9 per million appears in 14% of films
Written text
16.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2

Cross-References

Has erhua variant

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)