开 kāi
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 廾 — two hands
- Made of
- 一 one 廾 two hands
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
开玩笑
kāi wánxiào
to joke
Characters in this word
玩 wán
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 王 — king, ruler
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
笑 xiào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 夭 young, energetic
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他在开玩笑。 Tā zài kāi wánxiào. He's joking.
- 我是在开玩笑。 Wǒ shì zài kāi wánxiào. I'm joking.
- 他喜欢开玩笑。 Tā xǐhuan kāi wánxiào. He likes to joke.
- 你别开玩笑。 Nǐ bié kāi wánxiào. Don't joke.
- 老师也会开玩笑。 Lǎoshī yě huì kāi wánxiào. The teacher can joke too.
- 她常常和朋友开玩笑。 Tā chángcháng hé péngyou kāi wánxiào. She often jokes with her friends.
- 他没开玩笑。 Tā méi kāi wánxiào. He wasn't joking.
- 别和老师开玩笑。 Bié hé lǎoshī kāi wánxiào. Don't joke with the teacher.
- 我们一起开玩笑吧。 Wǒmen yìqǐ kāi wánxiào ba. Let's joke together.
- 他开玩笑说很累。 Tā kāi wánxiào shuō hěn lèi. He joked that he was very tired.
Related words
- 打开 dǎkāi to open, to turn on
- 开 kāi to open; to drive; to turn on
- 开车 kāichē to drive a car
- 开会 kāihuì to have a meeting
- 分开 fēnkāi to separate; to part
- 开机 kāijī to turn on a device
- 开心 kāixīn happy
- 开学 kāixué to start school
- 离开 líkāi to leave
- 走开 zǒukāi to go away
- 公开 gōngkāi public; open
- 解开 jiěkāi to untie; to undo