开玩笑
Meaning
- to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
Example sentence
我开玩笑。
I'm just kidding.
Characters in 开玩笑
- 开 kāi to open (transitive or intransitive)
- 玩 wán to play, to have fun with
- 笑 xiào to laugh; to smile
开 to open plus 玩笑, a joke — itself 玩 to play plus 笑 to laugh. Making a joke is opening one, and the pair splits: 开个玩笑.