开玩笑 (kāi wán xiào) — to joke, to make fun of, to play a prank

Definición

Phrase meaning 'to joke / make a joke' (an action). Unlike 笑话 (the joke itself as a noun), 开玩笑 is the act of joking. Pairs with 别 to forbid it.

phrase

to joketo make fun ofto play a prank

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Bié kāi zhè zhǒng wán xiào!
Don't make this kind of joke!
开玩笑。
Tā xǐ huan gēn péng you kāi wán xiào.
He likes to joke with friends.
开玩笑，？
Nǐ shì zài kāi wán xiào, hái shì rèn zhēn de?
Are you joking, or are you serious?

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