I'm kidding.
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开玩笑
Traditional: 開玩笑
kāi wán xiào
HSK 3.0 · 1HSK 2.0 · 4
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kāi wán xiào · hoi1 waan4 siu3 (Jyutping)
- to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
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Character breakdown
开
- Meaning
- open; initiate, begin, start
- Radical
- 廾
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿱一廾
- Cangjie
- MT
- Four-corner
- 1044
玩
笑
- Meaning
- smile, laugh, giggle; snicker
- Radical
- ⺮
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- ⿱⺮夭
- Cangjie
- HHK
- Four-corner
- 8843.2
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
I'm just kidding.
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