They were always making jokes.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
闹笑话
to make a fool of oneself
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to make a fool of oneself
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 闹笑话 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 闹笑话 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
Fortunately, everybody understood what this foreigner meant, knew I was only making a fool of myself, and laughed at me.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 闹笑话.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 闹笑话.
Directly before
- 只是闹笑话1
- 常常闹笑话1
- 一直闹笑话1
Directly after
- 闹笑话而1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 闹笑话
What does 闹笑话 mean in Chinese?
闹笑话 (nàoxiàohua) means to make a fool of oneself.
How do you pronounce 闹笑话?
闹笑话 is pronounced nàoxiàohua.
Is 闹笑话 an HSK word?
闹笑话 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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