开玩笑開玩笑

kāi wán xiào

HSK level: HSK 4

Meaning

to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke

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Characters

开kāito open; to start, to initiate, to begin一廾玩wánto play with, to joke, to entertain王元笑xiàoto smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker⺮夭

Examples

我开玩笑。

wǒ kāi wán xiào。

I'm kidding.

你在开玩笑吗？

nǐ zài kāi wán xiào ma？

Are you kidding?

你一定是开玩笑！

nǐ yī dìng shì kāi wán xiào！

You must be joking!