搞笑
gǎo xiào
Pinyin

Definition

搞笑
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gǎo xiào
  1. to get people to laugh
  2. funny
  3. hilarious

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

笑
xiào
  1. 1 old variant of 笑[xiào]
微笑
wēi xiào
  1. 1 smile
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],絲|丝[sī]
  3. 3 to smile
搞
gǎo
  1. 1 to do
  2. 2 to make
  3. 3 to go in for
  4. 4 to set up
  5. 5 to get hold of
  6. 6 to take care of
偷笑
tōu xiào
  1. 1 to laugh up one's sleeve
傻笑
shǎ xiào
  1. 1 to giggle
  2. 2 to laugh foolishly
  3. 3 to smirk
  4. 4 to simper
冷笑
lěng xiào
  1. 1 to sneer
  2. 2 to laugh grimly
  3. 3 grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc)
  4. 4 bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile
冷笑话
lěng xiào huà
  1. 1 joke intended to be so corny it makes one groan
可笑
kě xiào
  1. 1 funny
  2. 2 ridiculous
嘲笑
cháo xiào
  1. 1 to jeer at
  2. 2 to deride
  3. 3 to ridicule
  4. 4 mockery
  5. 5 derision
大笑
dà xiào
  1. 1 to laugh heartily
  2. 2 a belly laugh
好笑
hǎo xiào
  1. 1 laughable
  2. 2 funny
  3. 3 ridiculous
恶搞
è gǎo
  1. 1 spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
搞定
gǎo dìng
  1. 1 to fix
  2. 2 to settle
  3. 3 to wangle
搞笑
gǎo xiào
  1. 1 to get people to laugh
  2. 2 funny
  3. 3 hilarious
搞错
gǎo cuò
  1. 1 mistake
  2. 2 to make a mistake
  3. 3 to blunder
  4. 4 mistaken
欢笑
huān xiào
  1. 1 to laugh happily
  2. 2 a belly-laugh
爆笑
bào xiào
  1. 1 to burst out laughing
  2. 2 hilarious
  3. 3 burst of laughter
玩笑
wán xiào
  1. 1 to joke
  2. 2 joke
  3. 3 jest
笑容
xiào róng
  1. 1 smile
  2. 2 smiling expression
  3. 3 CL:副[fù]
笑声
xiào shēng
  1. 1 laughter

Idioms (20)

五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
  1. 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
  2. 2 the pot calls the kettle black
付之一笑
fù zhī yī xiào
  1. 1 to dismiss sth with a laugh (idiom)
  2. 2 to laugh it off
似笑非笑
sì xiào fēi xiào
  1. 1 like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
哄堂大笑
hōng táng dà xiào
  1. 1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
哭笑不得
kū xiào bù dé
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 both funny and extremely embarrassing
  3. 3 between laughter and tears
啼笑皆非
tí xiào jiē fēi
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 between laughter and tears
喜笑颜开
xǐ xiào yán kāi
  1. 1 grinning from ear to ear (idiom)
  2. 2 beaming with happiness
嬉笑怒骂
xī xiào nù mà
  1. 1 lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. all kinds of emotions
  3. 3 to mock and scold
  4. 4 (of writing) freely roving
  5. 5 following the author's fancy
少女露笑脸，婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
  1. 1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
皮笑肉不笑
pí xiào ròu bù xiào
  1. 1 to put on a fake smile (idiom)
  2. 2 to smile insincerely
眉开眼笑
méi kāi yǎn xiào
  1. 1 brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy
  2. 2 all smiles
破涕为笑
pò tì wéi xiào
  1. 1 to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
笑不可仰
xiào bù kě yǎng
  1. 1 to double up with laughter (idiom)
笑容可掬
xiào róng kě jū
  1. 1 smiling wholeheartedly (idiom); beaming from ear to ear
笑脸相迎
xiào liǎn xiāng yíng
  1. 1 to welcome sb with a smiling face (idiom)
笑里藏刀
xiào lǐ cáng dāo
  1. 1 lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom); friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions
  2. 2 when the fox preaches, look to the geese
笑贫不笑娼
xiào pín bù xiào chāng
  1. 1 the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty
  2. 2 lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)
笑逐颜开
xiào zhú yán kāi
  1. 1 smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure
  2. 2 all smiles
  3. 3 joy written across one's face
买笑追欢
mǎi xiào zhuī huān
  1. 1 lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness
  2. 2 abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom)
龟笑鳖无尾
guī xiào biē wú wěi
  1. 1 lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the pot calling the kettle black

Sample Sentences

不是，有人@我。爸，我转发了一个超搞笑的视频。
bùshì ，yǒurén àitè wǒ 。bà ，wǒ zhuǎnfā le yī gè chāo gǎoxiào de shìpín 。
No, it's just someone mentioned me. Dad, I retweeted a really funny video.
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哈哈！这条是我朋友发的，超搞笑！
hāhā ！zhè tiáo shì wǒ péngyou fā de ，chāo gǎoxiào ！
Hah-hah! This one was sent by my friend. It's super funny!
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哈哈哈，太搞笑了！“风扇会把空气分子搅碎，就没有气体可以呼吸了”！
hā hā hā ，tài gǎoxiào le ！“fēngshàn huì bǎ kōngqìfēnzǐ jiǎosuì ，jiù méiyǒu qìtǐ kěyǐ hūxī le ”！
Ha ha ha, that's ridiculous! "Electric fans pulverize the air molecules so that there's no air left to breathe!"
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我上周末看了这个电影。很搞笑。
wǒ shàng zhōumò kàn le zhè ge diànyǐng 。hěn gǎoxiào 。
I watched this movie last week. It was very funny.
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搞笑死了
gǎoxiào sǐ le
hilarious
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哎，你们在说什么啊？刚才发生了一件巨搞笑的事儿。
āi ，nǐmen zài shuō shénme a ？gāngcái fāshēng le yī jiàn jù gǎoxiào de shìr 。
Hey, what are you guys talking about? Something hilarious just happened.
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还很搞笑呢。比如女儿国国王向唐僧逼婚的情节。
hái hěn gǎoxiào ne 。bǐrú Nǚérguó guówáng xiàng Táng Sēng bīhūn de qíngjié 。
It's also pretty funny, like the plot where the Queen of the Country of Woman forced Tang Seng to marry her.
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这部电影纯粹就是无厘头搞笑，没什么内容。真不懂为什么这么多人喜欢。
zhè bù diànyǐng chúncuì jiùshì wúlítóu gǎoxiào ，méi shénme nèiróng 。zhēn bù dǒng wèishénme zhème duō rén xǐhuan 。
The film is pure slapstick without much content. I really don't understand why so many people like it so much.
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那我一定看不懂。生活压力这么大，为什么还要看这些需要动脑子的电影？所以我还是最喜欢搞笑片、科幻片这类轻松的题材。还有 《 指环王 》 这样的史诗传奇也不错。
nà wǒ yīdìng kàn bu dǒng 。shēnghuó yālì zhème dà ，wèishénme háiyào kàn zhèxiē xūyào dòng nǎozi de diànyǐng ？suǒyǐ wǒ hái shì zuì xǐhuan gǎoxiàopiàn 、kēhuànpiàn zhèlèi qīngsōng de tícái 。hái yǒu 《 zhīhuánwáng 》 zhèyàng de shǐshī chuánqí yě búcuò 。
I definitely wouldn't understand those. There are so many pressures in real life, why would I want to watch movies that require mental exertion? So, my favorites are still silly comedies, science fiction, and similar light-hearted themes. Also, Lord of the Rings and similar legendary epic-style dramas are also pretty good.
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