Chinese Traditional: 笑話
Chinese Simplified: 笑话
Pinyin: xiao4 hua4
Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
English Meaning: joke
German Meaning: Witz
Spanish Meaning: el chiste, la broma
Classifier: (ge5) or (ze2)

Example Sentences:

那只是一個笑話。
那只是一个笑话。
na4 zhi3 shi4 yi2 ge5 xiao4 hua4.
That was just a joke.
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我剛剛講的笑話讓他們笑了。
我刚刚讲的笑话让他们笑了。
wo3 gang1 gang1 jiang3 de5 xiao4 hua4 rang4 ta1 men5 xiao4 le5.
The jokes I just told made them laugh
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他剛剛講的笑話好好笑。
他刚刚讲的笑话好好笑。
ta1 gang1 gang1 jiang3 de5 xiao4 hua4 hao3 hao3 xiao4.
The joke he just told was very funny.
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我不懂這個笑話。
我不懂这个笑话。
wo3 bu4 dong3 zhe4 ge5 xiao4 hua4.
I don't understand the joke.
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Related Words:

 

xiào

1. to laugh, to smile 2. smile, laughter

Here: smile, laughter

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huà

1. spoken words, speech, talk 2. to tell, to talk 3. language, dialect 4. words, conversation

Here: spoken words, speech, talk

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