Chinese symbol for “humor”
幽默
yōu mò
(loanword) humor; humorous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for humor is 幽默 (yōu mò), defined as: (loanword) humor; humorous.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “humor”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 幽默.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幽灵 (幽靈) | yōu líng | specter; apparition |
| 幽默感 | yōu mò gǎn | sense of humor |
| 黑色幽默 | hēi sè yōu mò | black humor |
| 幽静 (幽靜) | yōu jìng | quiet; secluded |
| 幽暗 | yōu àn | gloom |
| 沉默 | chén mò | taciturn; uncommunicative |
| 默默 | mò mò | in silence; not speaking |
| 默认 (默認) | mò rèn | to agree tacitly; tacit approval |
See also: Japanese symbol for “humor”.
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.