耍笑

Chinese

Etymology 1

		play with; to juggle	laugh; smile
trad. (耍笑)		耍	笑
simp. ^#(耍笑)		耍	笑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shuǎxiào

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фащё (faxi͡o, II-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): saa² siu³
Jin (Wiktionary): sua² xiau³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sóa-siàu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǎxiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuǎsiào
  - Wade–Giles: shua³-hsiao⁴
  - Yale: shwǎ-syàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoashiaw
  - Palladius: шуасяо (šuasjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фащё (faxi͡o, II-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fa⁵¹ ɕiɔː⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saa² siu³
  - Yale: sá siu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saa² siu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sa² xiu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː³⁵ siːu̯³³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: sua² xiau³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /sua⁵³ ɕiau⁴⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóa-siàu
  - Tâi-lô: suá-siàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soafsiaux
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siau⁴¹/

Verb

耍笑

to joke; to have fun
to make fun of; to play a joke on

Synonyms

(to joke):

娛樂／娱乐 (yúlè)
嬉戲／嬉戏 (xīxì)
嬉遊／嬉游 (xīyóu)
玩
玩笑 (wánxiào)
玩耍 (wánshuǎ)
耍 (shuǎ)
遊尞／游尞 (Taiwanese Hakka)
遊戲／游戏 (yóuxì)
遊玩／游玩 (yóuwán)

Etymology 2

	play with; to juggle	laugh; smile
trad. (耍笑)	耍	笑
simp. ^#(耍笑)	耍	笑
alternative forms	賞笑／赏笑戲笑／戏笑

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sńg-chhiò

(Teochew, Peng'im): seng² cio³

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sńg-chhiò
  - Tâi-lô: sńg-tshiò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sngfchioix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰio¹¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: seng² cio³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ́ng tshiò
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰio²¹³/

Verb

耍笑

(Southern Min) to joke

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 開玩笑 (“to kid; to joke around”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		開玩笑
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	開玩笑, 打哈哈
	Taiwan	開玩笑
	Singapore	開玩笑
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	開哏
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	開玩笑, 打哈哈
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	開玩笑
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	涮罈子
	Wuhan	科心, 科德行, 鬥散放
	Liuzhou	講笑
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	尋開心
	Yangzhou	開心
	Hefei	開心, 開玩笑
Cantonese	Guangzhou	講笑
	Hong Kong	講笑
	Dongguan	講笑
	Yangjiang	攪笑
	Singapore (Guangfu)	講笑
Gan	Nanchang	開玩笑
Hakka	Meixian	講笑
Huizhou	Jixi	講笑, 開玩笑
Jin	Taiyuan	耍笑, 開玩笑
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𡛴, 𡛴嬉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	講笑, 蠻笑, 做暢
Southern Min	Xiamen	滾笑, 講笑, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	咧
	Quanzhou	滾笑, 講笑, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑
	Zhangzhou	滾笑, 講笑, 𠢕滾, 戲謔, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	講摽笑
	Taipei (Wanhua)	滾笑
	Kaohsiung	耍笑
	Yilan	講笑詼
	Changhua (Lukang)	講笑
	Taichung	講笑
	Taichung (Wuqi)	講耍笑
	Tainan	滾笑, 滾耍笑, 講耍笑
	Taitung	講耍笑
	Hsinchu	講笑
	Penghu (Magong)	滾笑
	Penang (Hokkien)	𠢕滾, 講笑
	Singapore (Hokkien)	滾笑, 講笑, 講耍笑, 耍笑
	Manila (Hokkien)	摽, 摽笑, 滾笑, 講笑
	Chaozhou	呾耍笑
	Shantou	呾耍
	Shantou (Chenghai)	呾耍
	Puning	呾耍笑, 呾相耍, 呾耍
	Singapore (Teochew)	呾耍笑, 呾耍, 呾笑
	Haikou	講笑
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	講笑
Wu	Shanghai	尋開心, 開玩笑, 打棚, 摟白相, 話白相, 講白相
	Shanghai (Chongming)	尋開心
	Suzhou	尋開心, 打棚, 摟白相, 捉弄, 弄白相, 講白相, 講張
	Hangzhou	尋開心
	Ningbo	尋開心
	Wenzhou	講笑, 講取笑
Xiang	Changsha	鬥霸, 鬥放子, 講笑
Xiang	Shuangfeng	鬥散放, 打豪

Noun

耍笑

(Southern Min) joke

Derived terms