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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 开玩笑
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 开玩笑 | kāi wán xiào | - to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | 1,209 | 6,553 | 5,101 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 开 | kāi | - to open (transitive or intransitive) - (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start - to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run - to boil - to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) - (directional complement) away; off - carat (gold) - abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] - abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format |
| 玩 | wán | - to play - to have fun - to trifle with - toy - sth used for amusement - curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]) - to keep sth for entertainment |
| 玩 | wán | - variant of 玩[wan2] - Taiwan pr. [wan4] |
| 笑 | xiào | - to laugh; to smile - to laugh at |
| 笑 | xiào | - old variant of 笑[xiao4] |
Other Words Containing 开玩笑
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 开玩笑 | 4 | 1 | 1,209 | 6,553 | 5,101 |