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开玩笑

kāi wán xiào

HSK 3.0 · Level 1 Old HSK · Level 4 Traditional 開玩笑

Meaning

Built from 3 characters (开 + 玩 + 笑), 开玩笑 reads kāi wán xiào and sits in HSK 3.0 Level 1.

  1. to play a joke
  2. to make fun of
  3. to joke

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HSK 1 words — those sharing a character with 开玩笑 come first.

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
开会 kāi huì to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting 1
开车 kāi chē to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok… 1
打开 dǎ kāi to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on 1
好玩儿 hǎo wán r erhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2] 1
玩儿 wán r to play; to have fun; to hang out 1
回答 huí dá to reply; to answer; reply; answer 1
喜欢 xǐ huan to like; to be fond of; to be happy; to be pleased; to tend to 1
请假 qǐng jià to request leave of absence 1

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