粵

開hoi1玩waan4笑siu3

simp开玩笑
hoi1 waan4 siu3hoi1 wun6 siu3kāi wán xiào

English

  1. to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
  2. (verb) just kidding
  3. to joke; to make fun of

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 即係講笑

Examples

  • 我开玩笑。

    I'm just kidding.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 你開玩笑吧!

    You're kidding!

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 別開玩笑了。

    Stop joking around.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 我不开玩笑。

    I'm not kidding.

    Tatoeba · Wu CC BY

  • 你在開玩笑吧!

    You're joking!

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 你在开玩笑吗?

    Are you kidding?

    Tatoeba · jiangche CC BY

  • 我同你開玩笑啫,使乜咁認真喎!

    I'm just kidding. Why do you have to be so serious?

  • 呢件事唔係開玩笑㗎,你認真啲啦!

    This is not a laughing matter. Please be more serious!

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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