可笑
kěxiào
laughable; ridiculous
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
- 把复杂的社会矛盾归咎于某个群体，本身就很可笑。 Bǎ fùzá de shèhuì máodùn guījiù yú mǒu ge qúntǐ, běnshēn jiù hěn kěxiào. Blaming complex social contradictions on a single group is itself quite ridiculous.
- 他穿着一件太大的外套，样子很可笑。 Tā chuān zhe yí jiàn tài dà de wàitào, yàngzi hěn kěxiào. He was wearing a coat far too big, and looked ridiculous.
- 为这点小事吵架，想想真可笑。 Wèi zhè diǎn xiǎoshì chǎojià, xiǎngxiang zhēn kěxiào. Quarrelling over such a trivial matter, it is really laughable when you think about it.