鬧笑話

See also: 闹笑话

Chinese

		make noise or disturbance	joke; joke; sham
trad. (鬧笑話)		鬧	笑話
simp. (闹笑话)		闹	笑话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nào xiàohuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naau⁶ siu³ waa^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-chhiò-ōe / nāu-chhiò-ōe / nāu-chhiò-ōa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nào xiàohuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nào siàohuà
    • Wade–Giles: nao⁴ hsiao⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: nàu syàu-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naw shiawhuah
    • Palladius: нао сяохуа (nao sjaoxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naau⁶ siu³ waa^6-2
    • Yale: naauh siu wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naau⁶ siu³ waa^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: nao⁶ xiu³ wa^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːu̯²² siːu̯³³ waː²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-chhiò-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-tshiò-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxchioiroe
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāu-chhiò-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: nāu-tshiò-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nauxchioiroe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nãu²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāu-chhiò-ōa
    • Tâi-lô: nāu-tshiò-uā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nauxchioiroa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nãu²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ ua²²/

Verb

鬧⫽笑話 (verb-object)

1. to make a fool of oneself; to make a spectacle of oneself

Synonyms

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• 出土 (Hokkien)
• 出彩 (chūcǎi)
• 凸槌 (tūchuí) (Taiwanese Mandarin)
• 出洋相 (chū yángxiàng)
• 出醜／出丑 (chūchǒu)
• 咬破粿 (ga⁶ pua³ guê²) (Teochew)
• 現眼／现眼 (xiànyǎn)
• 脫箠／脱棰 (Hokkien)
• 落屎 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 落漆 (Taiwanese Hokkien)