可笑 kěxiào funny
funny; ridiculous
How to remember 可笑: 可 may + 笑 laugh = funny.
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How it is used
- 'Laughable, ridiculous, funny' - can be genuinely amusing or contemptuously absurd: 幼稚可笑 (yòuzhì kěxiào) childishly ridiculous.
- Two flavors: harmlessly funny, or ridiculous/worthy of scorn. Context (and 荒唐可笑, 愚蠢可笑) usually tilts it toward the mocking sense.
Example sentences
- 滑稽可笑。 Huájīkěxiào.It was ridiculous.