Skip to content

可笑

kě xiào
HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Adjective Common

Sign in to save this word to your study lists.

Definitions

  1. 1. funny
  2. 2. ridiculous

Word relationships

Antonyms

1 item
可悲
kě bēi

lamentable

引人怜悯而非发笑

Related words

1 item
搞笑
gǎo xiào

to get people to laugh

偏口语，主动逗人笑

Synonyms

1 item
滑稽
huá jī

huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang

用来形容言行、动作等引人发笑

Usage notes

Collocations

常用在“觉得很可笑”或“真是太可笑了”这类句子中，强调可笑的程度。

Common mistakes

不要将“可笑”和“好笑”混淆，“可笑”常含贬义，而“好笑”一般只表示觉得有趣。

Example Sentences

3 shown
他的理由真是太 可笑 了。
His reason is really ridiculous.
可笑 !
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 4970074)
那很 可笑 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1504989)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org. AI-generated examples are marked with this icon.

Child Words of 可笑

可
kě

can

笑
xiào

to laugh; to smile