戲謔

See also: 戏谑

Chinese

		trick; drama; play trick; drama; play; show	to joke
trad. (戲謔)		戲	謔
simp. (戏谑)		戏	谑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìxuè, xìnüè

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄒㄧˋ ㄋㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ joek⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hì-hiak

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìxuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìsyuè
  - Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-hsüeh⁴
  - Yale: syì-sywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihshiueh
  - Palladius: сисюэ (sisjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìnüè
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄋㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìnyuè
  - Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-nüeh⁴
  - Yale: syì-nywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihniueh
  - Palladius: синюэ (sinjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ny̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei³ joek⁶
  - Yale: hei yeuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ joek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi³ yêg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ jœːk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hì-hiak
  - Tâi-lô: hì-hiak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hie'hiag
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi²¹⁻⁵³ hiak̚³²/

Middle Chinese: xjeH xjak

Rime
Character	戲	謔
Reading #	3/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	香義切	虚約切
Baxter	xjeH	xjak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠiᴇ^H/	/hɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚiɛ^H/	/hiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɛ^H/	/xiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hjiə̆^H/	/hɨak̚/
Li Rong	/xje^H/	/xiak̚/
Wang Li	/xǐe^H/	/xĭak̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xie̯^H/	/xi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xì	xue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei³	hoek³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ̊(r)ar-s ŋ̊(r)awk/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰrals hŋawɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	戲	謔
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xì	xuè
Middle Chinese	‹ xje^H ›	‹ xjak ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̊(r)ar-s/	/*ŋ̊(r)awk/
English	sport, joke	ridicule, jest (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	戲	謔
Reading #	2/3	1/1
No.	5195	9638
Phonetic component	虍	虐
Rime group	歌	藥
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	戲
Old Chinese	/*qʰrals/	/*hŋawɢ/

Verb

戲謔

to banter; to prank; to joke

Synonyms

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作弄 (zuònòng)
僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
刺 (literary, or in compounds)
刺溪 (chié-*kă̤) (Eastern Min)
創弄 / 创弄 (Hokkien)
創景 / 创景 (Hokkien)
創治 / 创治 (chhòng-tī) (Hokkien)
剾損 / 𠛅损 (Hokkien)
剾洗 / 𠛅洗 (khau-sé) (Hokkien)
剾洗 / 𠛅洗 (Hokkien)
剾褻 / 𠛅亵 (Hokkien)
𠢕滾 / 𠢕滚 (Hokkien)
取樂 / 取乐 (qǔlè)
取笑 (qǔxiào)
呾笑話 / 呾笑话 (dan³ cio³ uê⁷) (Teochew)
呾耍笑 (Teochew)
嗤笑 (chīxiào)
嘲弄 (cháonòng)
嘲笑 (cháoxiào)
嘲訕 / 嘲讪 (cháoshàn)
嘲諷 / 嘲讽 (cháofěng)
嘲謔 / 嘲谑 (cháoxuè)
奚落 (xīluò)
尋開心 / 寻开心 (Wu)
巴銳 / 巴锐 (Hokkien)
恥笑 / 耻笑 (chǐxiào)
戲弄 / 戏弄 (xìnòng)
挖苦 (wākǔ)
捉弄 (zhuōnòng)
損 / 损 (sǔn) (colloquial)
撩 (Hakka)
撚化 (nan² faa³) (Cantonese)
撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
擺弄 / 摆弄
消遣 (xiāoqiǎn)
湊趣 / 凑趣 (còuqù)
𤊶人 (Hakka)
玩 (colloquial)
玩弄
笑 (xiào)
笑話 / 笑话 (xiàohuà)
耍 (shuǎ)
耍弄 (shuǎnòng)
耍忽 (sua² huah⁴) (Jin)
落八 (Xiamen Hokkien)
見笑 / 见笑 (jiànxiào)
訕笑 / 讪笑 (shànxiào)
詼謔 / 诙谑 (huīxuè)
說風涼話 / 说风凉话 (shuō fēngliánghuà)
調笑 / 调笑 (tiáoxiào)
諦 / 谛 (dai³) (Cantonese)
諷刺 / 讽刺 (fěngcì)
謔潲 / 谑潲 (Hokkien)
謔燒 / 谑烧 (Hokkien)
講笑 / 讲笑 (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
講耍笑 / 讲耍笑 (Hokkien)
譏刺 / 讥刺 (jīcì)
譏嘲 / 讥嘲 (jīcháo)
譏笑 / 讥笑 (jīxiào)
譏誚 / 讥诮 (jīqiào) (literary)
譏諷 / 讥讽 (jīfěng)
變弄 / 变弄 (Hokkien)
𧮙 (Wu)
起鬨 / 起哄 (qǐhòng)
輕體 / 轻体 (Hokkien)
逗 (dòu)
逗弄
鄙笑 (Hokkien)
酸笑 (Hokkien)
鈍 / 钝 (Wu)
開心 / 开心 (kāixīn)
開涮 / 开涮 (kāishuàn) (colloquial)
開玩笑 / 开玩笑 (kāi wánxiào)
非笑 (fēixiào) (literary)
鬧玩笑 / 闹玩笑 (nào wánxiào)
齒冷 / 齿冷 (chǐlěng) (literary)

Dialectal synonyms of 開玩笑 (“to kid; to joke around”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		開玩笑
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	開玩笑, 打哈哈
	Taiwan	開玩笑
	Malaysia	講笑
	Singapore	開玩笑
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	開哏
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	開玩笑, 打哈哈
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	開玩笑
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	涮罈子
	Wuhan	科心, 科德行, 鬥散放
	Liuzhou	講笑
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	尋開心
	Yangzhou	開心
	Hefei	開心, 開玩笑
Cantonese	Guangzhou	講笑
	Hong Kong	講笑
	Dongguan	講笑
	Yangjiang	攪笑
	Singapore (Guangfu)	講笑
Gan	Nanchang	開玩笑
Hakka	Meixian	講笑
Huizhou	Jixi	講笑, 開玩笑
Jin	Taiyuan	耍笑, 開玩笑
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𡛴, 𡛴嬉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	講笑, 蠻笑, 做暢
Southern Min	Xiamen	滾笑, 講笑, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	咧
	Quanzhou	滾笑, 講笑, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑
	Zhangzhou	滾笑, 講笑, 𠢕滾, 戲謔, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	講摽笑
	Taipei (Wanhua)	滾笑
	Kaohsiung	耍笑
	Yilan	講笑詼
	Changhua (Lukang)	講笑
	Taichung	講笑
	Taichung (Wuqi)	講耍笑
	Tainan	滾笑, 滾耍笑, 講耍笑
	Taitung	講耍笑
	Hsinchu	講笑
	Penghu (Magong)	滾笑
	Penang (Hokkien)	𠢕滾, 講笑
	Klang (Hokkien)	摽, 講笑
	Singapore (Hokkien)	滾笑, 講笑, 講耍笑, 耍笑
	Manila (Hokkien)	摽, 摽笑, 滾笑, 講笑
	Chaozhou	呾耍笑
	Shantou	呾耍
	Shantou (Chenghai)	呾耍
	Puning	呾耍笑, 呾相耍, 呾耍
	Singapore (Teochew)	呾耍笑, 呾耍, 呾笑
	Haikou	講笑
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	講笑
Wu	Shanghai	尋開心, 開玩笑, 打棚, 摟白相, 話白相, 講白相
	Shanghai (Chongming)	尋開心
	Suzhou	尋開心, 打棚, 摟白相, 捉弄, 弄白相, 講白相, 講張
	Hangzhou	尋開心
	Ningbo	尋開心
	Wenzhou	講笑, 講取笑
Xiang	Changsha	鬥霸, 鬥放子, 講笑
Xiang	Shuangfeng	鬥散放, 打豪