笑话

Traditional form:

笑話

Pinyin (reading):

xiàohua

Definitions:

• joke; jest (CL:個／个 (gè))
• to laugh at; to mock
• ridiculous; absurd

Characters:

• 笑 - to smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker
• 话 - talk, speech; language, dialect

Traditional characters:

• 笑 - to smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker
• 話 - talk, speech; language, dialect