開玩笑

See also: 开玩笑

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	joke; to joke; to jest
trad. (開玩笑)		開	玩笑
simp. (开玩笑)		开	玩笑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāi wánxiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ waan⁴ siu³, hoi¹ wun⁶ siu³
• Gan (Wiktionary): kai¹ 'uan⁴ xieu⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khai-oân-siàu / khai-oân-chhiàu / khai-oân-chhiò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kai¹ nguang² cio³ / kui¹ nguang² cio³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹khe ⁶woe-shiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāi wánxiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kai wánsiào
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹ wan²-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: kāi wán-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kai wanshiaw
    • Palladius: кай ваньсяо (kaj vanʹsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ wän³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ waan⁴ siu³, hoi¹ wun⁶ siu³
    • Yale: hōi wàahn siu, hōi wuhn siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ waan⁴ siu³, hoi¹ wun⁶ siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ wan⁴ xiu³, hoi¹ wun⁶ xiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ waːn²¹ siːu̯³³/, /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ wuːn²² siːu̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: kai¹ 'uan⁴ xieu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰai⁴² ˈuan³⁵ ɕiɛu³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-oân-siàu
    • Tâi-lô: khai-uân-siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'oansiaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² uan²⁴⁻²² siau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ uan²⁴⁻²² siau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-oân-chhiàu
    • Tâi-lô: khai-uân-tshiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'oanchiaux
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² uan¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiau²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-oân-chhiò
    • Tâi-lô: khai-uân-tshiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'oanchioix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ uan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰio⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² uan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰio²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kai¹ nguang² cio³ / kui¹ nguang² cio³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khai nguáng tshiò / khui nguáng tshiò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰai³³⁻²³ ŋuaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰio²¹³/, /kʰui³³⁻²³ ŋuaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰio²¹³/

Note: kai1 nguang2 cio3 - Shantou.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹khe ⁶woe-shiau
    • MiniDict: khe^平 woe^去 shiau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khe ³hhuoe-xiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰe⁴⁴  ɦuø²² ɕiɔ⁴⁴/

Verb

開⫽玩笑 (verb-object)

1. (intransitive) to joke; to kid; to make a joke; to joke around

   我講儂個肩膀忒狹了，只是開玩笑，儂覅搿能艮，一點也勿幽默。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   我讲侬个肩膀忒狭了，只是开玩笑，侬覅搿能艮，一点也勿幽默。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶ngu ⁵kaon ⁶non ⁰gheq ¹ci-paon ⁷theq ⁸ghaq-leq ⁷tsaq-zy ¹khe ⁶woe-shiau ⁶non ⁶viau ⁸geq-nen ⁵ken ⁷iq-ti ⁶gha ⁸veq-ieu-meq [Wugniu]

   When I said your shoulders are too narrow, I was just joking, don't be so blunt, it's almost as if you don't have a sense of humor.

Synonyms

• 作弄 (zuònòng)
• 僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
• 刺 (literary, or in compounds)
• 刺溪 (chié-*kă̤) (Eastern Min)
• 創弄／创弄 (Hokkien)
• 創景／创景 (Hokkien)
• 創治／创治 (chhòng-tī) (Hokkien)
• 剾損／𠛅损 (Hokkien)
• 剾洗／𠛅洗 (Hokkien)
• 剾洗／𠛅洗 (khau-sé) (Hokkien)
• 剾褻／𠛅亵 (Hokkien)
• 𠢕滾／𠢕滚 (Hokkien)
• 取樂／取乐 (qǔlè)
• 取笑 (qǔxiào)
• 呾笑話／呾笑话 (Teochew)
• 呾耍笑 (Teochew)
• 嗤笑 (chīxiào)
• 嘲弄 (cháonòng)
• 嘲笑 (cháoxiào)
• 嘲訕／嘲讪 (cháoshàn)
• 嘲諷／嘲讽 (cháofěng)
• 嘲謔／嘲谑 (cháoxuè)
• 奚落 (xīluò)
• 尋開心／寻开心 (⁶zhin-khe-shin) (Wu)
• 巴銳／巴锐 (Hokkien)
• 恥笑／耻笑 (chǐxiào)
• 戲弄／戏弄 (xìnòng)
• 戲謔／戏谑 (xìxuè)
• 挖苦 (wākǔ)
• 捉弄 (zhuōnòng)
• 損／损 (sǔn) (colloquial)
• 撩 (Hakka)
• 撚化 (nan² faa³) (Cantonese)
• 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
• 擺弄／摆弄
• 消遣 (xiāoqiǎn)
• 湊趣／凑趣 (còuqù)
• 𤊶人 (Hakka)
• 玩 (colloquial)
• 玩弄
• 笑 (xiào)
• 笑話／笑话 (xiàohuà)
• 耍 (shuǎ)
• 耍弄 (shuǎnòng)
• 耍忽 (sua² huah⁴) (Jin)
• 落八 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 見笑／见笑 (jiànxiào)
• 訕笑／讪笑 (shànxiào)
• 詼謔／诙谑 (huīxuè)
• 說風涼話／说风凉话 (shuō fēngliánghuà)
• 調笑／调笑 (tiáoxiào)
• 諦／谛 (dai³) (Cantonese)
• 諷刺／讽刺 (fěngcì)
• 謔潲／谑潲 (Hokkien)
• 謔燒／谑烧 (Hokkien)
• 講笑／讲笑 (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
• 講耍笑／讲耍笑 (Hokkien)
• 譏刺／讥刺 (jīcì)
• 譏嘲／讥嘲 (jīcháo)
• 譏笑／讥笑 (jīxiào)
• 譏誚／讥诮 (jīqiào) (literary)
• 譏諷／讥讽 (jīfěng)
• 變弄／变弄 (Hokkien)
• 𧮙 (Wu)
• 起鬨／起哄 (qǐhòng)
• 輕體／轻体 (Hokkien)
• 逗 (dòu)
• 逗弄
• 鄙笑 (Hokkien)
• 酸笑 (Hokkien)
• 鈍／钝 (Wu)
• 開心／开心 (kāixīn)
• 開涮／开涮 (kāishuàn) (colloquial)
• 鬧玩笑／闹玩笑 (nào wánxiào)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 開玩笑 (“to kid; to joke around”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		開玩笑
Mandarin	Beijing	開玩笑, 打哈哈
	Taiwan	開玩笑
	Tianjin	開哏
	Jinan	開玩笑, 打哈哈
	Xi'an	開玩笑
	Wuhan	科心, 科德行, 鬥散放
	Chengdu	涮罈子
	Liuzhou	講笑
	Yangzhou	開心
	Nanjing	尋開心
	Hefei	開心, 開玩笑
	Singapore	開玩笑
Cantonese	Guangzhou	講笑
	Hong Kong	講笑
	Dongguan	講笑
	Yangjiang	攪笑
	Singapore (Guangfu)	講笑
Gan	Nanchang	開玩笑
Hakka	Meixian	講笑
Huizhou	Jixi	講笑, 開玩笑
Jin	Taiyuan	耍笑, 開玩笑
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𡛴, 𡛴嬉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	講笑, 蠻笑, 做暢
Southern Min	Xiamen	滾笑, 講笑, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	咧
	Quanzhou	滾笑, 講笑, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑
	Zhangzhou	滾笑, 講笑, 𠢕滾, 戲謔, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	講摽笑
	Taipei (Wanhua)	滾笑
	Kaohsiung	耍笑
	Yilan	講笑詼
	Changhua (Lukang)	講笑
	Taichung	講笑
	Taichung (Wuqi)	講耍笑
	Tainan	滾笑, 滾耍笑, 講耍笑
	Taitung	講耍笑
	Hsinchu	講笑
	Penghu (Magong)	滾笑
	Penang (Hokkien)	𠢕滾, 講笑
	Singapore (Hokkien)	滾笑, 講笑, 講耍笑, 耍笑
	Manila (Hokkien)	摽, 摽笑, 滾笑, 講笑
	Chaozhou	呾耍笑
	Shantou	呾耍
	Shantou (Chenghai)	呾耍
	Singapore (Teochew)	呾耍笑, 呾耍, 呾笑
	Haikou	講笑
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	講笑
Wu	Shanghai	尋開心, 開玩笑, 打棚, 摟白相, 話白相, 講白相
	Shanghai (Chongming)	尋開心
	Suzhou	尋開心, 打棚, 摟白相, 捉弄, 弄白相, 講白相, 講張
	Hangzhou	尋開心
	Ningbo	尋開心
	Wenzhou	講笑, 講取笑
Xiang	Changsha	鬥霸, 鬥放子, 講笑
	Shuangfeng	鬥散放, 打豪