滑 稽

huájī

adjectiveHSK 7-9

“Comical” in Chinese is 滑稽 (huájī).

Meaning

comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1])
huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang

Example

滑稽可笑。

It was ridiculous.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

huáHSK 512 strokesto slip; to slide jīHSK 7-915 strokesto examine; to check (against records)

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