笑话儿 (xiàohuar) · joke
笑话儿 (xiàohuar) means “joke”. It is written with 3 characters: 笑 (to smile) + 话 (words) + 儿 (child). It is an HSK 2 word in the 2021 standard.
How 笑话儿 is built
The characters
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)
话 huà · words
What 话 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
- 舌shé — tongue
- 千qiān — thousand
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 十 — ten
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 千qiān — thousand
Origin hint: A spoken 讠 tongue 舌; 舌 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
儿 ér · child
What 儿 is made of
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: Simplified form of 兒, a picture of a child; compare 人 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
Questions about 笑话儿
What does 笑话儿 mean?
笑话儿 (xiàohuar) means “joke”.
How do you pronounce 笑话儿?
笑话儿 is pronounced xiàohuar.
Which HSK level is 笑话儿?
笑话儿 is in HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 开玩笑kāiwánxiàoto joke
- 笑话xiàohuajoke
- 微笑wēixiàoto smile
- 嘲笑cháoxiàoto laugh at
- 讥笑jīxiàoto sneer at
- 好笑hǎoxiàofunny
- 笑xiàoto smile
- 打电话dǎdiànhuàto make a phone call
- 电话diànhuàtelephone
- 说话shuōhuàto speak
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 65: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.