好笑
HSK 4 (exam 2025)
好笑 (hǎoxiào) · funny
好笑 (hǎoxiào) means “funny; laughable”. It is written with 2 characters: 好 (good) + 笑 (to smile). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 好笑 is built
The characters
好 hǎo · good
What 好 is made of
- 女nǚ — woman
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 了liǎo / le — finish
Origin hint: A woman 女 with a son 子 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
笑 xiào · to smile
What 笑 is made of
- ⺮zhú — bamboo
- 夭yāo — young
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: A person 夭 with a big grin ⺮ (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这个故事真好笑。Zhège gùshi zhēn hǎoxiào.This story is really funny.
有什么好笑的？Yǒu shénme hǎoxiào de?What's so funny?
Questions about 好笑
What does 好笑 mean?
好笑 (hǎoxiào) means “funny; laughable”.
How do you pronounce 好笑?
好笑 is pronounced hǎoxiào.
Which HSK level is 好笑?
好笑 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025).
Related words
- 爱好àihàohobby
- 好吃hǎochīdelicious
- 好看hǎokàngood-looking
- 好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear
- 好玩儿hǎowánrfun
- 最好zuìhǎobest
- 不好意思bùhǎoyìsisorry
- 好处hǎochubenefit
- 好多hǎoduōa lot of
- 好久hǎojiǔa long time
Learn 好笑 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 · Group 30: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.