# 开玩笑 (kāiwánxiào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 开玩笑 (kāiwánxiào) means “to joke; to make fun of”. It is part of the HSK 1 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to joke; to make fun of
- Pinyin: kāiwánxiào (kai1 wan2 xiao4)
- Traditional: 開玩笑
- HSK 3.0 · Level 1
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 他喜欢跟朋友开玩笑。
  Tā xǐhuan gēn péngyou kāiwánxiào.
  He likes to joke with friends.

## Characters

- [开](https://hanziro.com/word/kai-open/) (kāi): to open; to turn on
- [玩](https://hanziro.com/word/wan-play/) (wán): to play; to have fun
- [笑](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-laugh/) (xiào): to laugh; to smile

https://hanziro.com/word/kai-wan-xiao-joke/

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