看笑話

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	joke; joke; sham
trad. (看笑話)		看	笑話
simp. (看笑话)		看	笑话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànxiàohuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ siu³ waa^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànxiàohuà → kànxiàohua (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ → ㄎㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànsiàohuå
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-hsiao⁴-hua⁵
    • Yale: kàn-syàu-hwa
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannshiaw.huah
    • Palladius: каньсяохуа (kanʹsjaoxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/ → /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ä¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ siu³ waa^6-2
    • Yale: hon siu wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ siu³ waa^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ xiu³ wa^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ siːu̯³³ waː²²⁻³⁵/

Verb

看笑話

1. to amuse oneself by watching other people make fools of themselves; to watch the fun; to have a good laugh at

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 笑庸