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笑話

简笑话 · 繁笑話

Mandarin · pinyin xiào hua

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

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笑: xiào · smile, laugh, giggle; snicker
話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect

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4–5 · xiao4 hua5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

siu3 waa2 · siu3 waa6

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noun

joke (in spoken form) (Classifier: 句 m; 個／个 c)
(figuratively) joke; sham

verb

to mock; to ridicule; to laugh at

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