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开玩笑

kāi wánxiào
HSK 1

“To play a joke” in Chinese is 开玩笑 (kāi wánxiào).

Meaning

  • to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke

Example

我开玩笑。

I'm kidding.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

kāiHSK 14 strokesto open (transitive or intransitive)wánHSK 18 strokesto playxiàoHSK 110 strokesto laugh; to smile

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