开玩笑kāi wán xiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke

1. 1.

   to play a joke; to make fun of; to jokeverb

• 开not compositional here
• 玩to play
• 笑to laugh; to smile

开玩笑 is a verb-object phrase, so 跟 + person comes before it to name who is teased.

1. HSK 2

   别开玩笑了。

   Bié kāi wánxiào le.

   Stop joking.

2. HSK 2

   我在开玩笑。

   Wǒ zài kāi wánxiào.

   I'm joking.

3. HSK 2

   他很喜欢开玩笑。

   Tā hěn xǐhuan kāi wánxiào.

   He really likes to joke.

1. 
   Speaker A:

   我下个月要去中国工作了。

   Wǒ xià ge yuè yào qù Zhōngguó gōngzuò le.

   I'm going to work in China next month.

2. 
   Speaker B:

   真的吗？你在开玩笑吧？

   Zhēn de ma? Nǐ zài kāi wánxiào ba?

   Really? You're joking, right?

3. 
   Speaker A:

   不是开玩笑，我已经买好机票了。

   Bú shì kāi wánxiào, wǒ yǐjīng mǎi hǎo jīpiào le.

   I'm not joking. I've already bought my plane ticket.

4. 
   Speaker B:

   太好了，走以前我们一起吃个饭吧。

   Tài hǎo le, zǒu yǐqián wǒmen yìqǐ chī ge fàn ba.

   That's great. Let's have a meal together before you leave.

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Related words

• 离开lí kāito depart; to leaveHSK 3
• 开心kāi xīnto feel happyHSK 3
• 开始kāi shǐto begin; to startHSK 2
• 打开dǎ kāito openHSK 2
• 笑xiàoto laugh; to smileHSK 2
• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive)HSK 1

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