笑 话 xiào huà joke / jest / CL:個|个[ge4] / to laugh at / to mock 开 玩 笑 kāi wán xiào to play a joke / to make fun of / to joke 玩 笑 wán xiào to joke / joke / jest 打 哈 哈 dǎ hā ha to joke / to laugh insincerely / to make merry / to talk irrelevantly 闹 noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke 谑 joy / to joke / to banter / to tease / to mock / Taiwan pr. [nu:e4] 詀 garrulous / to whisper / to joke 逗 哏 dòu gén funny man (lead role in comic dialogue 對口相聲|对口相声[dui4 kou3 xiang4 sheng1]) / to joke / to play the fool / to provoke laughter 逗 闷 子 dòu mèn zi (dialect) to joke 谐 戏 xié xì to joke 逗 哈 哈 dòu hā hā to joke / to crack a joke 打 棚 dǎ péng (dialect) to joke 打 镲 dǎ chǎ (dialect) to joke / to make fun of (sb) 𧮪 garrulous / to whisper / to joke 笑 话 xiào hua joke / jest / CL:個|个[ge4] / to laugh at / to mock 恶 作 剧 è zuò jù practical joke / prank / to play a practical joke 谈 笑 风 生 tán xiào fēng shēng to talk cheerfully and wittily / to joke together 闹 着 玩 儿 nào zhe wán r to play games / to joke around / to play a joke on sb 梗 branch / stem / stalk / CL:根[gen1] / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc) 羯 鼓 催 花 jié gǔ cuī huā drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom 不 是 玩 儿 的 bù shì wán er de It's no joke. 毫 无 效 果 háo wú xiào guǒ to no avail / achieving nothing / totally ineffective / to have no effect / to fall flat (esp. of joke or speech that is completely ignored) 冷 笑 话 lěng xiào huà corny joke 说 着 玩 shuō zhe wán to say sth for fun / to be kidding / to joke around 笑 点 低 xiào diǎn dī amused by even the weakest joke / ready to laugh at the smallest thing 抓 哏 zhuā gén (of a comedian) to seize on something sb has just said or done to make an ad lib joke 烂 梗 làn gěng lame joke 冷 笑 话 lěng xiào hua corny joke
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