RIDICULOUS    可笑

FUNNY so as to CAUSE CONTEMPT.
LAUGHABLEABSURDGROTESQUECOMICALFUNNYHILARIOUSRISIBLEDROLLAMUSINGFARCICALSILLYLUDICROUSRARE DERISIBLE
Old Chinese Criteria
可笑 "deserving of ridicule" is exceedingly rare in pre-Buddhist literature.
Modern Chinese Criteria
可笑 不象話 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
Antonym
  • SERIOUSEARNEST AND BELIEVING ONE'S ACTS to be IMPORTANT.
See also
  • LAUGHREACT OR ACT BREATHING OUT SUDDENLY AND USING a COMPLEX MOVEMENT of the FACE TYPICALLY SHOWING DELIGHT.
  • HAPPYCOMPLETELY DELIGHTED with one's SELF:own LIFE.
Hypernym
  • FUNNY PLEASANT so as to have a TENDENCY to CAUSE SMILES. (anc: 10/0, child: 1)
  • PLEASANT COMFORTABLE so as to CAUSE DELIGHT (anc: 9/0, child: 1)
  • COMFORTABLE PEACEFUL:at-ease BECAUSE what one NEEDS is PREPARED:provided. (anc: 8/0, child: 2)
Other Hypernyms
  • FUNNYnew-8f0d7af3-6c03-46e2-8d7a-f36c0336e2f2 PLEASANT so as to have a TENDENCY to CAUSE SMILES. (anc: 16/3, child: 1)
  • PLEASANTnew-9eec3241-2863-41b4-ac32-412863f1b425 COMFORTABLE so as to CAUSE DELIGHT (anc: 15/2, child: 1)
  • COMFORTABLEnew-e8410e9e-8d12-4782-810e-9e8d1267821c PEACEFUL:at-ease BECAUSE what one NEEDS is PREPARED:provided. (anc: 14/1, child: 2)
  • Ästhetische Grundbegriffe ( BARCK 2010) p. 2.876

  • Democritus Ridens ( WEBER 1857) p. 1.306

  • Words (1 items)

    可笑  kě xiào OC: khlaalʔ sqows MC: khɑ siɛu 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe something to laugh at (also as emphatic preposed predicate: 可笑寒山道