Chinese symbol for “hilarious”
搞笑
gǎo xiào
to get people to laugh; funny; hilarious
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hilarious is 搞笑 (gǎo xiào), defined as: to get people to laugh; funny; hilarious.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hilarious”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爆笑 | bào xiào | to burst out laughing; hilarious |
| 笑料百出 | xiào liào bǎi chū | entertaining; hilarious |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 搞笑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 搞定 | gǎo dìng | to fix; to settle |
| 搞好 | gǎo hǎo | to do well at; to do a good job |
| 搞错 (搞錯) | gǎo cuò | mistake; to make a mistake |
| 恶搞 (惡搞) | è gǎo | spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, text |
| 搞不懂 | gǎo bu dǒng | unable to make sense of (sth) |
| 微笑 | wēi xiào | smile; 个 (gè),丝 (sī) |
| 笑话 (笑話) | xiào hua | joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock |
| 开玩笑 (開玩笑) | kāi wán xiào | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hilarious”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.