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  3. 开玩笑
HSK 4

How to write 开玩笑开玩笑

kāi wán xiào

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

Stroke order by character

kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文; abbr. for 开本, book format

Learn 开
wán

to play; to have fun; to trifle with

Learn 玩
xiào

old variant of 笑

Learn 笑

Example

我只是开玩笑,别当真。

Practice each character

开玩笑

Words related to 开玩笑

开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文; abbr. for 开本, book format打开dǎ kāito open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on开车kāi chēto drive a car开会kāi huìto hold a meeting; to attend a meeting玩儿wán rto play; to have fun; to hang out好玩儿hǎo wán rerhua variant of 好玩; amusing; fun; interesting开始kāi shǐto begin; beginning; to start; initial玩wánto play; to have fun; to trifle with笑xiàoold variant of 笑分开fēn kāito separate; to part走开zǒu kāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside开学kāi xuéfoundation of a University or College; school opening; the start of a new term