笑話

See also: 笑话

Chinese

		laugh; smile	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (笑話)		笑	話
simp. (笑话)		笑	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàohuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ waa^6-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): seu-fa
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiò-ōe / chhiò-ōa
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): siau⁴ fa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàohuà → xiàohua (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ → ㄒㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàohuå
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-hua⁵
    • Yale: syàu-hwa
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaw.huah
    • Palladius: сяохуа (sjaoxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/ → /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ä¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (笑話兒／笑话儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàohuàr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàohuàr
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-hua⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: syàu-hwàr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawhuall
    • Palladius: сяохуар (sjaoxuar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu³ waa^6-2
    • Yale: siu wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ waa^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ wa^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ waː²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu-fa
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu fa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu⁴ fa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵ fa⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiò-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: tshiò-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chioiroe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ ue³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰio¹¹⁻⁵³ ue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiò-ōa
    • Tâi-lô: tshiò-uā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chioiroa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ ua²²/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: siau⁴ fa⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /si̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ ɸa̠²¹⁻¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ ɸa̠²¹⁻¹¹/

Noun

笑話

1. joke (in spoken form) (Classifier: 句 m; 個／个 c)

   講笑話／讲笑话  ―  jiǎng xiàohuà  ―  to tell jokes

   下流的笑話／下流的笑话  ―  xiàliú de xiàohuà  ―  dirty joke

   佢啲笑話都唔好笑嘅！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢啲笑话都唔好笑嘅！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ di¹ siu³ waa^6-2 dou¹ m⁴ hou² siu³ ge³! [Jyutping]

   His jokes aren't good at all!

1. (figuratively) joke; sham

   佢簡直就係一個笑話。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢简直就系一个笑话。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ gaan² zik⁶ zau⁶ hai⁶ jat¹ go³ siu³ waa^6-2. [Jyutping]

   He's totally a joke.

Synonyms

• 玩笑 (wánxiào)
• (Hokkien) 笑詼／笑诙 (chhìo-khoe, chhìo-khe)

Derived terms

• 冷笑話／冷笑话 (lěngxiàohuà)
• 鬧笑話／闹笑话 (nào xiàohuà)

 

Verb

笑話

1. to mock; to ridicule; to laugh at

Synonyms

• 作弄 (zuònòng)
• 僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
• 刺 (literary, or in compounds)
• 刺溪 (chié-*kă̤) (Eastern Min)
• 創弄／创弄 (Hokkien)
• 創景／创景 (Hokkien)
• 創治／创治 (chhòng-tī) (Hokkien)
• 剾損／𠛅损 (Hokkien)
• 剾洗／𠛅洗 (khau-sé) (Hokkien)
• 剾洗／𠛅洗 (Hokkien)
• 剾褻／𠛅亵 (Hokkien)
• 𠢕滾／𠢕滚 (Hokkien)
• 取樂／取乐 (qǔlè)
• 取笑 (qǔxiào)
• 呾笑話／呾笑话 (Teochew)
• 呾耍笑 (Teochew)
• 嗤笑 (chīxiào)
• 嘲弄 (cháonòng)
• 嘲笑 (cháoxiào)
• 嘲訕／嘲讪 (cháoshàn)
• 嘲諷／嘲讽 (cháofěng)
• 嘲謔／嘲谑 (cháoxuè)
• 奚落 (xīluò)
• 尋開心／寻开心 (⁶zhin-khe-shin) (Wu)
• 巴銳／巴锐 (Hokkien)
• 恥笑／耻笑 (chǐxiào)
• 戲弄／戏弄 (xìnòng)
• 戲謔／戏谑 (xìxuè)
• 挖苦 (wākǔ)
• 捉弄 (zhuōnòng)
• 損／损 (sǔn) (colloquial)
• 撩 (Hakka)
• 撚化 (nan² faa³) (Cantonese)
• 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
• 擺弄／摆弄
• 消遣 (xiāoqiǎn)
• 湊趣／凑趣 (còuqù)
• 𤊶人 (Hakka)
• 玩 (colloquial)
• 玩弄
• 笑 (xiào)
• 耍 (shuǎ)
• 耍弄 (shuǎnòng)
• 耍忽 (sua² huah⁴) (Jin)
• 落八 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 見笑／见笑 (jiànxiào)
• 訕笑／讪笑 (shànxiào)
• 詼謔／诙谑 (huīxuè)
• 說風涼話／说风凉话 (shuō fēngliánghuà)
• 調笑／调笑 (tiáoxiào)
• 諦／谛 (dai³) (Cantonese)
• 諷刺／讽刺 (fěngcì)
• 謔潲／谑潲 (Hokkien)
• 謔燒／谑烧 (Hokkien)
• 講笑／讲笑 (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
• 講耍笑／讲耍笑 (Hokkien)
• 譏刺／讥刺 (jīcì)
• 譏嘲／讥嘲 (jīcháo)
• 譏笑／讥笑 (jīxiào)
• 譏誚／讥诮 (jīqiào) (literary)
• 譏諷／讥讽 (jīfěng)
• 變弄／变弄 (Hokkien)
• 𧮙 (Wu)
• 起鬨／起哄 (qǐhòng)
• 輕體／轻体 (Hokkien)
• 逗 (dòu)
• 逗弄
• 鄙笑 (Hokkien)
• 酸笑 (Hokkien)
• 鈍／钝 (Wu)
• 開心／开心 (kāixīn)
• 開涮／开涮 (kāishuàn) (colloquial)
• 開玩笑／开玩笑 (kāi wánxiào)
• 鬧玩笑／闹玩笑 (nào wánxiào)