Chinese symbol for “jest”
笑话
xiào hua
Traditional: 笑話
joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock; ridiculous; absurd
The closest CC-CEDICT match for jest is 笑话 (xiào hua), defined as: joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock; ridiculous; absurd.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “jest”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诨 (諢) | hùn | jest; nickname |
| 玩笑 | wán xiào | to joke; joke |
| 插科打诨 (插科打諢) | chā kē dǎ hùn | to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest; buffoonery |
| 有说有笑 (有說有笑) | yǒu shuō yǒu xiào | talking and laughing; to jest |
| 玩狎 | wán xiá | to trifle; to dally with |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 笑话.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 微笑 | wēi xiào | smile; 个 (gè),丝 (sī) |
| 开玩笑 (開玩笑) | kāi wán xiào | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke |
| 可笑 | kě xiào | funny; ridiculous |
| 搞笑 | gǎo xiào | to get people to laugh; funny |
| 嘲笑 | cháo xiào | to jeer at; to deride |
| 电话 (電話) | diàn huà | telephone; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 的话 (的話) | de huà | if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| 说话 (說話) | shuō huà | to speak; to say |
See also: Japanese symbol for “jest”.
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.