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笑话

xiàohua
verbHSK 2

“Joke” in Chinese is 笑话 (xiàohua).

Meaning

  • joke; jest
  • to laugh at; to mock
  • ridiculous; absurd

Example

他特别爱讲笑话。

He especially loves to tell jokes.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

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Not to be confused with: 消化 (xiāohuà, to digest (food))