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玩笑
Mandarin · pinyin wán xiào
Meanings
- to joke
- joke
- jest
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Mandarin tones
2–4 · wan2 xiao4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
waan4 siu3 · wun6 siu3
Cantonese word readings for 玩笑. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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wun6 siu3
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
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noun
- joke (as speech or act, or figuratively)
verb
- to joke; to jest
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