# 笑話
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiàohuà
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^3$ waa$^{6-2}$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): seu-fa
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cieo$^4$ ua$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiò-ōe / chhiò-ōa
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): siau$^4$ fa$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàohuà → xiàohua (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ → ㄒㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàohuå
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^4$-hua$^5$
*** Yale: syàu-hwa
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaw.huah
*** Palladius: сяохуа (sjaoxua)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/ → /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ä¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (笑話兒 / 笑话儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàohuàr
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàohuàr
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^4$-hua$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: syàu-hwàr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawhuall
*** Palladius: сяохуар (sjaoxuar)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^3$ waa$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: siu wá
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^3$ waa$^{6-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^3$ wa$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯³³ waː²²⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu-fa
*** Hakka Romanization System: seu fa
*** Hagfa Pinyim: seu$^4$ fa$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵ fa⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cieo$^4$ ua$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cha̤̍u-uā
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰieu⁴² ua²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiò-ōe
*** Tâi-lô: tshiò-uē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chioiroe
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ue⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ ue³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰio¹¹⁻⁵³ ue³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiò-ōa
*** Tâi-lô: tshiò-uā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chioiroa
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ ua²²/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: siau$^4$ fa$^5$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /si̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ ɸa̠²¹⁻¹¹/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ ɸa̠²¹⁻¹¹/

### Noun

笑話
* joke (in spoken form) (Classifier: 句 m; 個／个 c)
    講笑話／讲笑话 ― jiǎng xiàohuà ― to tell jokes
    下流的笑話／下流的笑话 ― xiàliú de xiàohuà ― dirty joke
       keoi$^5$ di$^1$ siu$^3$ waa$^{6-2}$ dou$^1$ m$^4$ hou$^2$ siu$^3$ ge$^3$! [Jyutping]
       His jokes aren't good at all!
* (figuratively) joke; sham
       keoi$^5$ gaan$^2$ zik$^6$ zau$^6$ hai$^6$ jat$^1$ go$^3$ siu$^3$ waa$^{6-2}$. [Jyutping]
       He's totally a joke.

#### Synonyms

* 玩笑 (wánxiào)
* (Hokkien) 笑詼／笑诙 (chhìo-khoe, chhìo-khe)

#### Derived terms

* 冷笑話 / 冷笑话 (lěngxiàohuà)
* 鬧笑話 / 闹笑话 (nào xiàohuà)

### Verb

笑話
* to mock; to ridicule; to laugh at

#### Synonyms

* 作弄 (zuònòng)
* 僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
* 刺 (literary, or in compounds)
* 刺溪 (chié-*kă̤) (Eastern Min)
* 創弄 / 创弄 (Hokkien)
* 創景 / 创景 (Hokkien)
* 創治 / 创治 (chhòng-tī) (Hokkien)
* 剾損 / 𠛅损 (Hokkien)
* 剾洗 / 𠛅洗 (khau-sé) (Hokkien)
* 剾洗 / 𠛅洗 (Hokkien)
* 剾褻 / 𠛅亵 (Hokkien)
* 𠢕滾 / 𠢕滚 (Hokkien)
* 取樂 / 取乐 (qǔlè)
* 取笑 (qǔxiào)
* 呾笑話 / 呾笑话 (dan$^3$ cio$^3$ uê$^7$) (Teochew)
* 呾耍笑 (Teochew)
* 嗤笑 (chīxiào)
* 嘲弄 (cháonòng)
* 嘲笑 (cháoxiào)
* 嘲訕 / 嘲讪 (cháoshàn)
* 嘲諷 / 嘲讽 (cháofěng)
* 嘲謔 / 嘲谑 (cháoxuè)
* 奚落 (xīluò)
* 尋開心 / 寻开心 (Wu)
* 巴銳 / 巴锐 (Hokkien)
* 恥笑 / 耻笑 (chǐxiào)
* 戲弄 / 戏弄 (xìnòng)
* 戲謔 / 戏谑 (xìxuè)
* 挖苦 (wākǔ)
* 捉弄 (zhuōnòng)
* 損 / 损 (sǔn) (colloquial)
* 撩 (Hakka)
* 撚化 (nan$^2$ faa$^3$) (Cantonese)
* 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
* 擺弄 / 摆弄
* 消遣 (xiāoqiǎn)
* 湊趣 / 凑趣 (còuqù)
* 𤊶人 (Hakka)
* 玩 (colloquial)
* 玩弄
* 笑 (xiào)
* 耍 (shuǎ)
* 耍弄 (shuǎnòng)
* 耍忽 (sua$^2$ huah$^4$) (Jin)
* 落八 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 見笑 / 见笑 (jiànxiào)
* 訕笑 / 讪笑 (shànxiào)
* 詼謔 / 诙谑 (huīxuè)
* 說風涼話 / 说风凉话 (shuō fēngliánghuà)
* 調笑 / 调笑 (tiáoxiào)
* 諦 / 谛 (dai$^3$) (Cantonese)
* 諷刺 / 讽刺 (fěngcì)
* 謔潲 / 谑潲 (Hokkien)
* 謔燒 / 谑烧 (Hokkien)
* 講笑 / 讲笑 (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
* 講耍笑 / 讲耍笑 (Hokkien)
* 譏刺 / 讥刺 (jīcì)
* 譏嘲 / 讥嘲 (jīcháo)
* 譏笑 / 讥笑 (jīxiào)
* 譏誚 / 讥诮 (jīqiào) (literary)
* 譏諷 / 讥讽 (jīfěng)
* 變弄 / 变弄 (Hokkien)
* 𧮙 (Wu)
* 起鬨 / 起哄 (qǐhòng)
* 輕體 / 轻体 (Hokkien)
* 逗 (dòu)
* 逗弄
* 鄙笑 (Hokkien)
* 酸笑 (Hokkien)
* 鈍 / 钝 (Wu)
* 開心 / 开心 (kāixīn)
* 開涮 / 开涮 (kāishuàn) (colloquial)
* 開玩笑 / 开玩笑 (kāi wánxiào)
* 鬧玩笑 / 闹玩笑 (nào wánxiào)
* 齒冷 / 齿冷 (chǐlěng) (literary)