笑話

笑話

See also: 笑话

Chinese

		laugh; smile	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (笑話)		笑	話
simp. (笑话)		笑	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàohuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ waa^6-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): seu-fa
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiò-ōe / chhiò-ōa
• Xiang (Wiktionary): siau⁴ fa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiàohuà → xiàohua (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ → ㄒㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaw.huah
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯a̠⁵¹/ → /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯a̠¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu³ waa^6-2
    • Yale: siu wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ waa^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ wa²
    • IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ waː²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu-fa
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu fa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu⁴ fa⁴
    • IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵ fa⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiò-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: tshiò-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chioiroe
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ ue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰio²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰio¹¹⁻⁵³ ue³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiò-ōa
    • Tâi-lô: tshiò-uā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chioiroa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰio²¹⁻⁵³ ua²²/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: siau⁴ fa⁵
    • IPA ^(key) (old-style): /siɒu⁴⁵ ɸa̠²¹⁻¹¹/
    • IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕiɒu⁴⁵ ɸa̠²¹⁻¹¹/

Noun

笑話

1. joke (Classifier: 句 m)

   講笑話 / 讲笑话  ―  jiǎng xiàohuà  ―  to tell jokes

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 笑詼／笑诙 (chhìo-khoe, chhìo-khe)

Derived terms

冷笑話／冷笑话 (lěngxiàohuà)

鬧笑話／闹笑话 (nàoxiàohuà)

See also

• 玩笑 (wánxiào)

Verb

笑話

1. to ridicule