玩笑 meaning in English

wánxiào

to joke; joke

18 strokes

Meaning of 玩笑

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wánxiào
  1. to joke
  2. joke
  3. jest

玩笑 in example sentences

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

她tā常cháng常cháng开kāi我wǒ的de玩wán笑xiào。
She would often play tricks on me.
我wǒ不bú是shì在zài开kāi玩wán笑xiào。
I'm not joking.
你nǐ一yí定dìng是shì开kāi玩wán笑xiào!
You must be joking!
这zhè只zhǐ是shì一yí个gè玩wán笑xiào。
Just joshing.
我wǒ不bù懂dǒng他tā的de玩wán笑xiào话huà。
I didn't get his joke.

Stroke order for each character

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玩 wán · to play with · 8 strokes

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笑 xiào · to laugh · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 玩笑.

开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
玩儿wánrto play; to have fun
好玩儿hǎowánrerhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2]
笑话xiàohuajoke; jest; to laugh at; to mock
笑话儿xiàohuarerhua form of 笑話|笑话[xiao4 hua5]
玩具wánjùplaything; toy
微笑wēixiàosmile; to smile
笑容xiàoróngsmile; smiling expression
笑声xiàoshēnglaughter
笑脸xiàoliǎnsmiling face; smiley :) ☺
游玩yóuwánto amuse oneself; to have fun
好笑hǎoxiàolaughable; funny; ridiculous

Questions about 玩笑

What does 玩笑 mean?

玩笑 (wánxiào) means "to joke; joke".

How do you write 玩笑?

玩笑 is made of 2 characters: 玩 (8 strokes), 笑 (10 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.