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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 笑话

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
笑话 xiào hua - joke; jest (CL:個|个[ge4])
- to laugh at; to mock
- ridiculous; absurd

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 2 1,853 6,309 3,207

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
笑 xiào- to laugh; to smile
- to laugh at
笑 xiào- old variant of 笑[xiao4]
话 huà- dialect
- language
- spoken words
- speech
- talk
- words
- conversation
- what sb said
- CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
话 huà- old variant of 話|话[hua4]

Other Words Containing 笑话

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
笑话 4 2 1,853 6,309 3,207
闹笑话 - - 42,671 79,331 50,076