笑话

Character by character

• 笑xiào10 strokesHSK 1smile, laugh, giggle; snicker
• 话huà8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 話speech, talk, language; dialect

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 笑话. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 话huàHSK 1

  dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said

• 电话diàn huàHSK 1

  telephone; phone call; phone number

• 笑xiàoHSK 1

  to laugh; to smile; to laugh at

• 说话shuō huàHSK 1

  to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word

• 打电话dǎ diàn huàHSK 1

  to make a telephone call

• 说实话shuō shí huàHSK 6

  to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly

• 讲话jiǎng huàHSK 2

  a speech; to speak; to talk; to address

• 微笑wēi xiàoHSK 4

  smile; to smile

• 的话de huàHSK 2

  if (coming after a conditional clause)

• 话题huà tíHSK 3

  subject (of a talk or conversation); topic

• 一句话yī jù huàHSK 5

  in a word; in short

• 谈话tán huàHSK 3

  to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation

• 对话duì huàHSK 2

  to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation

• 笑容xiào róngHSK 6

  smile; smiling expression

• 开玩笑kāi wán xiàoHSK 1

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

• 实话shí huàHSK 7

  truth

• 好笑hǎo xiàoHSK 7

  laughable; funny; ridiculous

• 可笑kě xiàoHSK 7

  funny; ridiculous

• 通话tōng huàHSK 6

  to hold a conversation; to talk over the telephone; phone call

• 神话shén huàHSK 4

  legend; fairy tale; myth; mythology

• 嘲笑cháo xiàoHSK 7

  to jeer at; to deride; to ridicule; mockery; derision

• 童话tóng huàHSK 4

  children's fairy tales

• 废话fèi huàHSK 7

  nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)

• 听话tīng huàHSK 7

  to do what one is told; obedient