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招笑儿

Word · VerbTraditional招笑兒

ridiculous; laughable; funny (dialectal)

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Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

verb

to make people laugh; laughable; ridiculous; funny

dialect

Primarily used in northern Chinese dialects, especially Beijing dialect. Often describes something or someone that looks absurd or behaves in a way that invites laughter, sometimes with a slight connotation of being ridiculous or undignified.

Tā他
chuān穿
chéng成
zhè这
yàng样
zhēn真
zhāo招
xiào笑
r儿
 。

He looks so ridiculous dressed like that.

Bié别
gàn干
nà那
zhāo招
xiào笑
r儿
de的
shì事
 。

Don't do such laughable things.

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Zhè这
gè个
gù故
shi事
tài太
zhāo招
xiào笑
r儿
le了
 ,
wǒ我
dōu都
xiào笑
chū出
yǎn眼
lèi泪
le了
 。

This story is so funny that I laughed until tears came out.

Nǐ你
zhè这
huà话
shuō说
de的
 ,
duō多
zhāo招
xiào笑
r儿
a啊
 !

What you said is so ridiculous/funny!