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搞笑

gǎoxiào

“To get people to laugh” in Chinese is 搞笑 (gǎoxiào).

Meaning

  • to get people to laugh
  • funny
  • hilarious

Example

我尽量不对我自己的笑话发笑,但是我们都知道我很搞笑。

I try not to laugh at my own jokes, but we all know I'm hilarious.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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Not to be confused with: 高效 (gāoxiào, efficient)