JOKE    開玩笑

SPEAK so as to PLAY INTENDING thereby to CAUSE OTHERS to LAUGH.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most current general word is perhaps xì 戲 "be less than serious". 戲耳　"I was just joking". 2. Xié 諧 refers to playfulness in the making up of stories.
Modern Chinese Criteria
開玩笑 調笑 調謔 戲謔 諧謔 諧戲 戲諧 鬥嘴 開心 謔 打哈哈 尋開心 逗悶子 鬧著玩兒 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • PLAY　ACT NOT SERIOUSLY so as to CAUSE ONESELF to BECOME DELIGHTED. (anc: 12/0, child: 1)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • Homo Ludens ( HUIZINGA 1938) p.

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.1188

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 12.983

    WITZ

  • Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology ( BARNARD AND SPENCER 2002) p.

  • Ästhetische Grundbegriffe ( BARCK 2010) p. 6.694

    • Words (9 items)

    戲  xì OC: qhras MC: hiɛ 29 Attributions

    The most current general word is perhaps xì 戲 "be less than serious".

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 樂/DELIGHT The equally current lè 樂 (ant. āi 哀 "grief") adds to yuè 悅 the dimensions of practical indulgence, psychological and often philosophical depth, and - very often - a dimension of joy that can be shared and appreciated by others, and that is typically lasting if not permanent. See ENJOY

      Syntactic words
    • nabactplaying around; pleasantry, joke
    • v[adN]someone who engages in playing unserious games
    • vadNfor playing with > play-, playful, non-serious
    • vadVplayfully
    • viactjoke; fool around; play around freely and inconsequentially; be pleasure seeking
    • vtoNjoke with, tease; entertain
    • vtoNN=placeplay around in N
    • vtpost-.VtoNjoke with N; play with NDS
    諧  xié OC: ɡriid MC: ɦɣɛi 2 Attributions

    Xié 諧 refers to playfulness in the making up of stories.

      Syntactic words
    • n齊諧 "the tall tales that put all on a par": loose talk
    • v[adN]jocular [talk]CH
    • viactmake pleasantries, create loose talk
    談笑  tán xiào OC: ɡ-laam sqows MC: dɑm siɛu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabacttelling jokes, bantering jokes
    • VPiacttell jokes
    喜笑語  xǐ xiào yǔ OC: qhɯʔ sqows ŋaʔ MC: hɨ siɛu ŋi̯ɤ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabtextplayful talk; joke
    遊戲  yóu xì OC: lu qhras MC: jɨu hiɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabacttalking playfully, joking
    嬉戲  xī xì OC: qhɯ qhras MC: hɨ hiɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactengage in pleasantries> joke and play
    笑  xiào MC: -- OC: -- 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabjoke; anecdote; funny storyDS
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabjoke; anecdote; funny storyDS
    戲言  xì yán OC: qhras ŋan MC: hiɛ ŋi̯ɐn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoSsay in jest