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==Definition==
==Definition==
Radical is 竹 zhú “bamboo.” The colloquial name for this radical is 竹字头 (竹字頭) zhúzìtóu “top made up of the character 竹.” When it is a radical, the third and sixth strokes of 竹 are shortened. Phonetic is 夭 yāo “die young.”
Radical is 竹 zhú “bamboo.” The colloquial name for this radical is 竹字头 (竹字頭) zhúzìtóu “top made up of the character 竹.” When it is a radical, the third and sixth strokes of 竹 are shortened. Phonetic is 夭 yāo “die young.”
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*说笑话 (說笑話) shuō xiàohua tell a joke
*说笑话 (說笑話) shuō xiàohua tell a joke
*讲笑話 (講笑话) jiăng xiàohua tell a joke
*讲笑話 (講笑话) jiăng xiàohua tell a joke


==Video==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
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Book: ''Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler''
Book: ''Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler''


==Related Lessons==
==Other Lessons==
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/画(畫)-huà-paint;-painting|画(畫) huà paint; painting]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/画(畫)-huà-paint;-painting|画(畫) huà paint; painting]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/一起-yìqǐ|一起 yìqǐ]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/一起-yìqǐ|一起 yìqǐ]]
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* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/接-jiē-receive,-meet,-welcome|接 jiē receive, meet, welcome]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/接-jiē-receive,-meet,-welcome|接 jiē receive, meet, welcome]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/各-gè-each,-every|各 gè each, every]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/各-gè-each,-every|各 gè each, every]]
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笑 xiào laugh, laugh at in Mandarin Chinese

Definition[edit | edit source]

Radical is 竹 zhú “bamboo.” The colloquial name for this radical is 竹字头 (竹字頭) zhúzìtóu “top made up of the character 竹.” When it is a radical, the third and sixth strokes of 竹 are shortened. Phonetic is 夭 yāo “die young.”

Examples[edit | edit source]

  • 笑 xiào laugh, laugh at [V]
  • 可笑 kĕxiào be laughable, funny [SV]
  • 笑话 (笑話) xiàohua joke [N]; laugh at, ridicule [V]
  • 说笑话 (說笑話) shuō xiàohua tell a joke
  • 讲笑話 (講笑话) jiăng xiàohua tell a joke

Video[edit | edit source]

Sources[edit | edit source]

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

Other Lessons[edit | edit source]