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
笑话
xiàohuà
joke
Characters in this word
话 huà
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这个笑话好笑。 Zhège xiàohuà hǎoxiào. This joke is funny.
- 他讲笑话。 Tā jiǎng xiàohuà. He tells jokes.
- 笑话真有意思。 Xiàohuà zhēn yǒu yìsi. The joke is really interesting.
Related words
- 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào to joke
- 笑 xiào to laugh, to smile
- 笑话儿 xiàohuàér joke; silly talk
- 微笑 wēixiào to smile; smile
- 打电话 dǎdiànhuà to make a phone call
- 电话 diànhuà telephone; phone call
- 话 huà speech, words
- 说话 shuōhuà to talk, to speak
- 的话 dehuà if (after a condition)
- 对话 duìhuà dialogue
- 讲话 jiǎnghuà to speak; to talk
- 普通话 pǔtōnghuà Standard Mandarin