搞笑 meaning in English

gǎoxiào

to get people to laugh; funny

HSK 7-9verb23 strokes

Meaning of 搞笑

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gǎoxiào
  1. to get people to laugh
  2. funny
  3. hilarious

搞笑 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ尽jǐn量liàng不bú对duì我wǒ自zì己jǐ的de笑xiào话huà发fā笑xiào,但dàn是shì我wǒ们men都dōu知zhī道dào我wǒ很hěn搞gǎo笑xiào。
I try not to laugh at my own jokes, but we all know I'm hilarious.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

搞 gǎo · to do · 13 strokes

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笑 xiào · to laugh · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 搞笑.

开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
笑话xiàohuajoke; jest; to laugh at; to mock
笑话儿xiàohuarerhua form of 笑話|笑话[xiao4 hua5]
微笑wēixiàosmile; to smile
搞好gǎohǎoto do well at; to do a good job
笑容xiàoróngsmile; smiling expression
笑声xiàoshēnglaughter
笑脸xiàoliǎnsmiling face; smiley :) ☺
好笑hǎoxiàolaughable; funny; ridiculous
可笑kěxiàofunny; ridiculous
嘲笑cháoxiàoto jeer at; to deride
取笑qǔxiàoto tease; to make fun of

Questions about 搞笑

What does 搞笑 mean?

搞笑 (gǎoxiào) means "to get people to laugh; funny" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 搞笑?

搞笑 is made of 2 characters: 搞 (13 strokes), 笑 (10 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 搞笑 an HSK word?

Yes. 搞笑 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.