HSK 1 · Fun & hobbies

开玩笑

kāi wán xiào

to joke

Stroke order of 开玩笑

3 characters, 22 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

开 · 4 strokes 玩 · 8 strokes 笑 · 10 strokes

Memory trick

开 opens a gate, 玩 plays with jade, 笑 has bamboo 竹 bending over a laughing 夭.

Parts: 开 open + 玩 play + 笑 laugh

The characters in 开玩笑

开 kāi — to open; to drive (4 strokes)
玩 wán — to play; to have fun (8 strokes)
笑 xiào — to laugh; to smile (10 strokes)

Example sentence

我只是开玩笑，你别生气。

I'm just joking, don't be angry.

Words with 开

开会to have a meeting 开车to drive 开to open; to drive 打开to open; to turn on 开学school starts 开机to turn on (a device)开心happy 离开to leave 走开to go away 分开to separate 开业to open for business 推开to push open 公开open; to make public 开始to start; beginning 开发to develop 开放to open; open 开展to carry out; to launch 展开to unfold; to launch

Words with 玩

好玩儿fun; interesting 玩儿to play; to have fun 玩to play; to have fun 玩具toy

Words with 笑

笑to laugh; to smile 笑话joke; to laugh at 笑话儿joke

More words: Fun & hobbies

玩儿to play; to have fun 爱好hobby; to like 唱to sing 唱歌to sing 歌song 打球to play ball 球ball 动to move 动作movement; action 打to hit; to play (a sport)试to try

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