好笑

hǎo xiào

HSK 3.0 Level 4 Adjective Common

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bored

无聊 (boring) is the opposite of 好笑 (funny).

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to stay

逗 means to amuse or tease, often used to describe something that makes people laugh, related to 好笑.

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(loanword) humor

When describing something as humorously amusing, 好笑 and 幽默 can both mean funny, but 幽默 implies a more witty or clever humor.

funny

好笑 and 可笑 both mean laughable, but 可笑 can carry a stronger sense of ridiculous or absurd.

好笑 is used to describe something that is funny, but it cannot mean 'to laugh at' someone in a mocking way. Use 嘲笑 for mocking laughter.

Using 好笑 to describe a person can be impolite, implying they are ridiculous. It's safer to describe situations or things.

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那个笑话真好笑。

That joke is really funny.

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good

to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to

to laugh; to smile