可笑

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	laugh; smile
trad. (可笑)		可	笑
simp. #(可笑)		可	笑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěxiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² siu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khóⁿ-chhiò / khó-chhiò / khó-chhiàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěxiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěsiào
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: kě-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeshiaw
    • Palladius: кэсяо (kɛsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² siu³
    • Yale: hó siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² xiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ siːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-chhiò
    • Tâi-lô: khónn-tshiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvofchioix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰio⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-chhiò
    • Tâi-lô: khó-tshiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoychioix
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰio¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-chhiàu
    • Tâi-lô: khó-tshiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoychiaux
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiau²¹/

Adjective

可笑

1. funny; hilarious
2. laughable; ridiculous

Synonyms

• (funny):

• 好笑 (hǎoxiào)
• 幽默 (yōumò)
• 搞笑 (gǎoxiào)
• 滑稽
• 詼諧／诙谐 (huīxié)
• 風趣／风趣 (fēngqù)

 

• (laughable):

• 乖謬／乖谬 (guāimiù) (literary)
• 好笑 (hǎoxiào)
• 悖謬／悖谬 (bèimiù)
• 荒唐 (huāngtáng)
• 荒誕／荒诞 (huāngdàn)
• 荒謬／荒谬 (huāngmiù)
• 謬妄／谬妄 (miùwàng) (literary)