English Sentence:

I was just joking.

Chinese Translation (Traditional):

我只是開個玩笑。

Chinese Translation (Simplified):

我只是开个玩笑。

Pinyin:

wo3 zhi3 shi4 kai1 ge5 wan2 xiao4.

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1. I 2. me 3. my 4. our

Here: I

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只是   只是

zhǐ shì

just, merely, only

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kāi

1. to open 2. to drive, to steer 3. to bloom, to blossom 4. to prescribe 5. to issue 6. to come loose 7. to make (a joke) 8. open (adj) 9. to boil (water) 10. to hold (a meeting), to organize (an event) 11. to start, to switch on 12. apart, away

Here: to make (a joke)

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ge

1. piece 2. (a measure word for people or objects)

Here: (a measure word for jokes)

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玩笑   玩笑

wán xiào

1. to joke about 2. a joke, jest, hoax

Here: a joke

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