搞 gǎo
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 高 tall, lofty
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
搞笑
gǎoxiào
to be funny; to make people laugh
Characters in this word
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
- 这部电影并不只是搞笑，它借荒诞情节讽刺了现实中的权力崇拜。 Zhè bù diànyǐng bìng bù zhǐ shì gǎoxiào, tā jiè huāngdàn qíngjié fěngcì le xiànshí zhōng de quánlì chóngbài. This film is not merely funny; through absurd plots it satirises the worship of power in reality.
- 他的表情太搞笑了，大家都笑得直不起腰。 Tā de biǎoqíng tài gǎoxiào le, dàjiā dōu xiào de zhí bu qǐ yāo. His expression was so funny that everyone laughed until they couldn't stand up straight.
- 这个视频很搞笑，我看了三遍还是想笑。 Zhège shìpín hěn gǎoxiào, wǒ kàn le sān biàn hái shì xiǎng xiào. This video is hilarious; I've watched it three times and still want to laugh.
Related words
- 搞 gǎo to do
- 搞好 gǎohǎo to do well; to make ready
- 搞鬼 gǎoguǐ to play tricks; to make trouble secretly
- 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào to joke
- 笑 xiào to laugh, to smile
- 笑话 xiàohuà joke
- 笑话儿 xiàohuar joke; silly talk
- 微笑 wēixiào to smile; smile
- 嘲笑 cháoxiào to mock, to ridicule
- 笑容 xiàoróng smile
- 耻笑 chǐxiào to ridicule; to mock
- 哄堂大笑 hōngtángdàxiào to burst into laughter; the whole room roars with laughter