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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 闹笑话

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
闹笑话 nào xiào hua - to make a fool of oneself

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
- - 42,671 79,331 50,076

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
nào- variant of 鬧|闹[nao4]
nào- noisy
- cacophonous
- to make noise
- to disturb
- to vent (feelings)
- to fall ill
- to have an attack (of sickness)
- to go in (for some activity)
- to joke
xiào- to laugh; to smile
- to laugh at
xiào- old variant of 笑[xiao4]
huà- dialect
- language
- spoken words
- speech
- talk
- words
- conversation
- what sb said
- CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
huà- old variant of 話|话[hua4]

Other Words Containing 闹笑话

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
闹笑话 - - 42,671 79,331 50,076